Horowitz Pianist Quotes & Sayings

I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who plays a Schubert sonata through his whole lifetime - if you listen to Rubenstein or Horowitz playing their repertoire later in their life, you understand the richness with which they play that music, and how differently they must have played it when they were younger. — Philip Glass

She's a wonderful, wonderful person, and we're looking to a happy and wonderful night - ah, life. — Edward Kennedy

I was too shocked to register that he'd just cursed in Ancient Greek, and I'd understood him perfectly. — Rick Riordan

The joy of awakening each morning knowing there were all those empty hours ahead to be filled only with work. — Philip Roth

I have always had a slight feeling of pity for man who has no knowledge of chess. — Siegbert Tarrasch

I actually think that many of the musicians who have something meaningful to say don't win competitions. An incredible pianist like Horowitz had so much to say, but he might not win anything in competition because of his wrong notes. — Charlie Albright

When you meet people, show real appreciation, then genuine curiosity. — Martha Beck

Your spiritual developement is a divine path that leads to truth, goodness and beauty;
it is a spiritual path reflecting the unlimited, absolute nature of the universe
and the ultimate grand design of creation. — Morihei Ueshiba

The provisions of the Constitution are not mathematical formulas having their essence in their form; they are organic, living institutions transplanted from English soil. Their significance is vital, not formal; it is to be gathered not simply by taking the words and a dictionary, but by considering their origin and the line of their growth. — Oliver Wendell Holmes Jr.

The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were so idiosyncratic and personal that to imitate them would be like filling somebody else's bottle with your wine. — David Finckel

Nonsense, do you imagine he has thought as much of you as you have of him? — Emily Bronte