Arthur Rubinstein Quotes

The Result Was Magnificent . . . I Became The Father Of Two Girls And Two Boys, Lovely Children By Good Fortune They All Look Like My Wife.

Sometimes When I Sit Down To Practice And There Is No One Else In The Room, I Have To Stifle An Impulse To Ring For The Elevator Man And Offer Him Money To Come In And Hear Me.

I Am Tired Before The Concert, Not Afterward.

Life Is The Game That Must Be Played, This Truth At Least, Good Friends, We Know; So Live And Laugh, Nor Be Dismayed As One By One The Phantoms Go.

My Father, Good Or Bad, Mistakes Or No, Had A Direct Line From His Heart To The Music To The People, To The Audience. He Played With Logic And His Own Inner Truth.

Composing A Concert Is Like Composing A Menu.... If You Start With Light Pieces And Play A 45-minute Sonata After The Interlude, It's Like Starting Dinner With Hors D'oeuvres And Dessert And Finishing With A Châteaubriand And Vegetables.

I Feel That Special Secret Current Between The Public And Me. I Can Hold Them With One Little Note In The Air, And They Will Not Breathe. That Is A Great, Great Moment.

Even When I'm Sick And Depressed, I Love Life.

When I Sit In Paris In A Cafe, Surrounded By People, I Don't Sit Casually - I Go Over A Certain Sonata In My Head And Discover New Things All The Time.

The Seasons Are What A Symphony Ought To Be: Four Perfect Movements In Harmony With Each Other.

It Took Great Courage To Ask A Beautiful Young Woman To Marry Me. Believe Me, It Is Easier To Play The Whole Petrushka On The Piano.

People Are Always Setting Conditions For Happiness... I Love Life Without Condition.