Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinstein
Arthur Rubinsteinwas a Polish American classical pianist. He received international acclaim for his performances of the music written by a variety of composers and many regard him as the greatest Chopin interpreter of his time. He was described by The New York Times as one of the greatest pianists of the twentieth century. He played in public for eight decades...
NationalityAmerican
ProfessionPianist
Date of Birth28 January 1887
CountryUnited States of America
spring symphony perfect
The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.
girl children father
The result was magnificent . . . I became the father of two girls and two boys, lovely children by good fortune they all look like my wife.
love-life people setting
People are always setting conditions for happiness... I love life without condition.
paris people cafes
When I sit in Paris in a cafe, surrounded by people, I don't sit casually - I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.
live-life journey miracle
To be alive, to able to see, to walk...it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.
play making-love
When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.
passion outlook-on-life expression
Music is not a hobby, not even a passion with me; music is me. I feel what people get out of me is this outlook on life, which comes out in my music. My music is the last expression of all that.
beautiful brain caviar
What good are vitamins? Eat a lobster, eat a pound of caviar - live! If you are in love with a beautiful blonde with an empty face and no brains at all, don't be afraid. Marry her! Live!
would-be want chains
I'm a free person; I feel terribly free. They could put me in chains and I still would be free because my thoughts would be mine - and that's all I want to have.
inspirational-life acceptance people
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
making-love risk want
At every concert I leave a lot to the moment. I must have the unexpected, the unforeseen. I want to risk, to dare. I want to be surprised by what comes out. I want to enjoy it more than the audience. That way the music can bloom anew. It's like making love. The act is always the same, but each time it's different.
love life positive-thinking
Love life and life will love you back. Love people and they will love you back.
thinking blood vampire
Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood of Chopin.
blood practice play
I was born very, very lazy and I don't always practice very long. but I must say, in my defense, that it is not so good, in a musical way, to overpractice. When you do, the music seems to come out of your pocket. If you play with a feeling of 'Oh, I know this,' you play without that little drop of fresh blood that is necessary – and the audience feels it.