There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
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
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.
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…
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…
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
If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
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.
If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order. - Jascha Heifetz
If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.
I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor. - Jascha Heifetz
I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders - classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public's favor.
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