Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Ignacy Jan Paderewski, GBEwas a Polish pianist and composer, politician, and spokesman for Polish independence. He was a favorite of concert audiences around the globe. His musical fame opened access to diplomacy and the media...
NationalityPolish
ProfessionArtist
Date of Birth6 November 1860
CountryPoland
inspirational practice missing
When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.
pain suffering misery
Is there anything more true than human pain? Is there anything more sincere than the cry for help from those who suffer? Only a great wave of mankind's pity can surmount an immense wave of human misery?
intellectual isolation
Intellectual isolation always follows commercial isolation.
inspirational ivory piano
Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.
dream littles realizing
I am nothing! If you could know the dream of what I would like to be, you would realize how little I have accomplished.
genius
Before I was a genius I was a drudge.
practice two one-day
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.
leadership sports practice
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.
spiritual world language
Just as surely as every new language mastered opens up a new world, so knowledge of a Beethoven, a Chopin, or a Schumann opens up a new world in spiritual beauty and thought.
men lazy saving
Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.
sadness joy firsts
Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.
country art progress
The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.
knowing waiting pieces
The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.
essence practice
The very essence of success is practice.