Ignacy Jan Paderewski famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Practice #Two #Missing
There flows throughout our whole history a stream of humanity, of generosity, of tolerance, so broad, so powerful, and so pure that it would be vain indeed to look for a similar one in the past of any other European country.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Country #Powerful #Past
If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Practice #Two #One Day
If I do not practice one day; I know it. If I do not practice the next, the orchestra knows it; if I do not practice the third day, the whole world knows it.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Leadership #Sports #Practice
Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Inspirational #Keys #Ivory
When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Inspirational #Practice #Missing
I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Talking #Behavior #Standards
You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Play #Soul #Poor
Art is the expression of the immortal part of man.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Art #Men #Expression
Before I was a genius I was a drudge.
-- Ignacy Jan Paderewski

#Genius

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