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Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings

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Vladimir Horowitz

Played percussively, the piano is a bore. If I go to a concert and someone plays like that I have two choices: go home or go to sleep. The goal is to make the piano sing, sing, sing.

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Piano playing consists of common sense, heart and technical resources. All three should be equally developed. Without common sense you are a fiasco, without technique an amateur, without heart a machine. The profession does have its hazards.

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Perfection itself is imperfection.

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There are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists.

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I must tell you I take terrible risks. Because my playing is very clear, when I make a mistake you hear it. If you want me to play only the notes without any specific dynamics, I will never make one mistake. Never be afraid to dare.

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False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

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