I am inclined to believe that some music, like certain poetry, finds its appeal and way to all. Ignacy Jan Paderewski More Quotes by Ignacy Jan Paderewski More Quotes From Ignacy Jan Paderewski True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is usually a failure. Beethoven or Schumann or Chopin did not try to be original. They were original. Ignacy Jan Paderewski effortsoulmind I am nothing! If you could know the dream of what I would like to be, you would realize how little I have accomplished. Ignacy Jan Paderewski realizingdreamlittles Musical expression is never primarily national, but is personal and individual rather. It is so deep, so profound, that it goes beyond and below nationality and gives voice to the most private feeling. In music there is never exact heredity. Each man is an individual. Ignacy Jan Paderewski voiceexpressionmen Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices. Ignacy Jan Paderewski lazysavingmen Art is the expression of the immortal part of man. Ignacy Jan Paderewski expressionmenart Music is the only art that actually lives. Ignacy Jan Paderewski music-isart The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty. Ignacy Jan Paderewski summoningdutymind Art must be a slow and normal evolution. Ignacy Jan Paderewski normalevolutionart I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking. Ignacy Jan Paderewski standardsbehaviortalking A man is not necessarily a master because he happened to compose two or three centuries ago. Let us beware of the worship of mere antiquity. Ignacy Jan Paderewski threementwo The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends. Ignacy Jan Paderewski welcomebelovedmusical The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces. Ignacy Jan Paderewski piecesknowingwaiting When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it. Ignacy Jan Paderewski practicemissinginspirational Rhythm is the pulse of music. Ignacy Jan Paderewski rhythmpulse 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 one-daypracticetwo Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress. Ignacy Jan Paderewski accomplishmentplaymean Change follows change in us, almost without transition; we pass from blissful rapture to sobbing woe; a single step divides our sublimest ecstasies from the darkest depth of spiritual despondency. Ignacy Jan Paderewski woespiritualsteps I loved your country [America] before I knew it. Ignacy Jan Paderewski i-loved-youcountryamerica Intellectual isolation always follows commercial isolation. Ignacy Jan Paderewski isolationintellectual Before I was a genius I was a drudge. Ignacy Jan Paderewski genius
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