Quotes by Jascha Heifetz - Page 1

There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Success
Business
Stars
Further
Heights
Reach
Top
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Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Giving
Mean
Practice
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Just make it (his obituary): born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
America
Lessons
Russia
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If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Music
Critics
Guitar
One Day
Practice
Three
Two
Days
Public
Day
Day One Day Know
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No matter what side of the argument you are on, you always find people on your side that you wish were on the other.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Intelligence
People
Wish
Your Side
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If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Credit
Order
Violin
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No matter what side of an argument you're on, you always find some people on your side that wish you were on the other side.
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Wish
Side
People Always Your
Some People
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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 / Violinist
Math
Two
Wish
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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 / Violinist
Bridges
Civilization
Taken
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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 / Violinist
Music
Borders
Three
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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 surpass it.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Enough
Perfection
Want
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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 that makes music fascinating to me.
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Criticism
Doe
Struggle
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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 after three days, so does the audience.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Differences
Practice
Two
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I occasionally play works by contemporary composers and for two reasons. First to discourage the composer from writing any more and secondly to remind myself how much I appreciate Beethoven.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Appreciate
Composer
Contemporary
Play
Two
Writing
Beethoven
Works
Discourage
How Much
Occasionally
Reasons
Remind
Secondly
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Can you appreciate music without playing it? Yes, you can. You can appreciate baseball without playing it. Many people attend a football game merely for the crowd, the excitement, the color.
Jascha Heifetz / Violinist
Baseball
Football
Yes You Can
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