Just make it (his obituary): born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917.

Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.

No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.

If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.

Criticism does not disturb me, for I am my own severest critic. Always in my playing I strive to surpass myself, and it is this constant struggle that makes music fascinating to me.

The discipline of practice every day is essential. When I skip a day, I notice a difference in my playing. After two days, the critics notice, and after three days, so does the audience.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.

Dangerous Are the ways of love ….Baby dangerous When you can’t get enough …Lonely nights are spent in vain

Let your thoughts be pure.

Life has a way of filling up one's time with many different things to do. So much so that you turn a blind eye to the things that really matter.

I finally figured out why Voldemort's face is so flat. He ran into the wrong wall at the train station.

I cannot pretend to feel impartial about colours. I rejoice with the brilliant ones and am genuinely sorry for the poor browns.

Other people paint beautifully on canvas or write wonderful poetry. I like making deals. Preferably big ones.

Questions are like the knocks of beggarmen, and should not be minded.

If you truly loved yourself, you could never hurt another.

The most important of my discoveries have been suggested to me by failures.

Come on soldiers! Guardians and agents of the supreme law! Here is a sacrifice of dogs ready for your swords!