"My father was a very good amateur pianist, and he had a collection of books on technique. One of the things he had was a small volume of exercises by Rudolf Ganz, in which Ganz mentions the pedagogical work of the Swiss composer, Ã‰mile-Robert Blanchet, who wrote a ton of polyphonic exercises for one-hand. These exercises were a great help for finger independence, which I acquired early on. This might have given me somewhat of an edge, a facility to be able to knock any obstacle that was in my way."

-- Marc-Andre Hamelin

#Father Quotes #Book Quotes #Exercise Quotes

“[No one will be able to] deter the scientific mind from probing into the unknown any more than Canute could command the tides.”
“Bonsai won the Chilean Critics Award for best novel of the year in 2006and it's easy to understand why.”
“He says a word, and I say a wordâ€”autumn is deepening.”
“Our friends should be companions who inspire us, who help us rise to our best.”
“When one sleeps on the floor one need not worry about falling out of bed.”
“Surfing frees everything up. It's just the best soul fix. Life should be stress free, and that's what surfing is all about.”
“Our memory is a more perfect world than the universe: it gives back life to those who no longer exist.”

Source : Guy de Maupassant (2015). “Guy de Maupassant – The Complete Works: Short Stories, Novels, Plays, Poetry, Memoirs and more: Original Versions of the Novels and Stories in French, An Interactive Bilingual Edition with Literary Essays on Maupassant by Tolstoy, Joseph Conrad and Henry James”, p.954, e-artnow
“Poor health is not caused by something you don't have; it's caused by disturbing something that you already have. Health is not something you need to get, it's something you have already if you don't disturb it.”

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