The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.

If I miss one day of practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the audience notices it.

I owe my sucess in one per cent to my talent, in ten per cent to luck, and in ninety per cent to hard word. Work, work, and more work is the secret to success.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

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.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

The very essence of success is practice.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

Man is naturally lazy, therefore he invents labor-saving devices.

Dreams become regrets when left in the mind, never planted in the soil of action.

Art is neither a muscle nor a cure for ugliness. Ugliness has its own reasons and convictions to stay here. Art has a patience of a civilized, patience to withhold the gentleness of the civilization.

The liberty of the individual must be thus far limited he must not make himself a nuisance to other people.

All God wants of man is a peaceful heart.

If you feel like it's difficult to change, you will probably have a harder time succeeding.

Most people assume that autistic people are not capable of empathy.

I was confused as a kid. I was confused about my sexual identity.

The one that came really easy was the Japanese lover, because he's like a ghost in the book. He's always in the background like a spirit, like a shadow, almost. There's a very delicate line there.

One dance had made me the most famous colored woman in the world.

The way you feel about giving money to good causes has a lot to do with the way you feel about money.