Arthur Rubinstein

“I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.”

“Most people have a feeling that you have to be clever, but I've always been a fool.”

“Music is not a hobby, not a pastime, but a way of life.”

“I'm passionately in love with life. I'd be in love with life even if I were a ditch digger.”

“Of course I have played bad notes. But I have never played a note without passion.”

“If I don't practice for a day, I know it. If I don't practice for two days, the critics know it. If I don't practice for three days, the public knows it.”

“Don't tell me how you play, tell me why you play.”

“There is no formula for Chopin. The music is in you.”

“We are all born with the divine fire in us. Our task is to fan it into a flame.”

“I am a happy man. It's a fact. I love life.”

“The main thing is to be satisfied with your work yourself. It's useless to have an audience happy if you are not.”

“I never practice. I always play.”

“When you play, never mind who listens to you.”

“Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.”

“On the stage, I'm a king. In real life, I'm a student.”

“A life of music is a life of service, and I have tried to be a good servant.”

“I am the luckiest man I know, and I have created my own luck.”

“To be a pianist, you need a big heart, a big brain, and big hands.”