Wladyslaw Szpilman Professions : Pianist Born : December 5, 1911 Died : July 6, 2000 Browse All Authors Famous Quotes by Wladyslaw Szpilman And now I was lonelier, I supposed, than anyone else in the world. Even Defoe's creation, Robinson Crusoe, the prototype of the ideal solitary, could hope to meet another human being. Crusoe cheered himself by thinking that such a thing could happen any day, and it kept him going. But if any of the people now around me came near I would need to run for it and hide in mortal terror. I had to be alone, entirely alone, if I wanted to live. Wladyslaw Szpilman running people thinking Humanity seems doomed to do more evil than good. The greatest ideal on earth is human love. Wladyslaw Szpilman holocaust humanity evil Similar Authors Arthur Rubinstein pianist Arthur H pianist Anton Rubinstein pianist Andre Previn pianist Alice Herz-Sommer pianist Alfred Brendel pianist All Authors
