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

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.

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.

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

I have strange feeling, but I should continue with the fight I never should give up!

No one gives joy or sorrow. ... We gather the consequences of our own deeds.

Science may have found a cure for most evils but it has found no remedy for the worst of them all - the apathy of human beings.

Anger is the enemy of non-violence and pride is a monster that swallows it up.

As a result of grace, we have been saved from sin’s penalty. One day we will be saved from sin’s presence. In the meantime we are being saved from sin’s power.

I'm afraid to be on this shore a trunk without limbs, and what I most regret is not to have flower, pulp, or clay for the worm of my suffering.

I will defend Planned Parenthood. I will defend Roe v. Wade, and I will defend women's rights to make their own health care decisions.

Why do people shush animals? Theyve never spoken

It's possible I am the only art critic that a lot of people read. And maybe Robert Hughes, if he's still writing.

I'd like to write a big rock anthem again. I just need to listen to Korn, and then I might get the idea of how to do it.