If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely … - Jascha Heifetz
Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely …
- Jascha Heifetz
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 tha… - Jascha Heifetz
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 tha…
Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn. - Jascha Heifetz
Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.
Just make it (his obituary): born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917. - Jascha Heifetz
Just make it (his obituary): born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917.
If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it. - Jascha Heifetz
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 af… - Jascha Heifetz
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 af…
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. - Jascha Heifetz
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.
When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time. - Jascha Heifetz
When people come to play music as they do to play bridge, civilization will have taken the longest stride forward since the beginning of time.
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 … - Jascha Heifetz
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 …
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