Ignacy Jan Paderewski

“The fall of the tyrant marks the triumph of the law.”

“If I miss one day’s practice, I notice it. If I miss two days, the critics notice it. If I miss three days, the public notices it.”

“The greatness of a country is not in the extent of its territory, but in the number of its great men.”

“Poland is not a sentimental country.”

“Art is the last and highest resolution of all conflicts, the reconciliation of all brutal questions.”

“Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.”

“Man's greatness lies in his power of thought.”

“The real purpose of my life is not to be a composer or a pianist. It is to serve Poland.”

“Poland has not yet perished, so long as we still live.”

“A country does not consist of its soil, but of its people.”