The result was magnificent
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. Arthur Rubinstein
Quotes for All
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. Arthur Rubinstein
Even when I’m sick and depressed, I love life. Arthur Rubinstein
Sometimes when I sit down to practice and there is no one else in the room, I have to stifle an impulse to ring for the elevator man and offer him money to come in and hear me. Arthur Rubinstein
I am tired before the concert, not afterward. Arthur Rubinstein
Life is the game that must be played, this truth at least, good friends, we know; so live and laugh, nor be dismayed as one by one the phantoms go. Arthur Rubinstein
My father, good or bad, mistakes or no, had a direct line from his heart to the music to the people, to the audience. He played with logic and his own inner truth. Arthur Rubinstein
Composing a concert is like composing a menu…. If you start with light pieces and play a 45-minute sonata after the interlude, it’s like starting dinner with hors d’oeuvres and dessert and finishing with a Châteaubriand and vegetables. Arthur Rubinstein
I feel that special secret current between the public and me. I can hold them with one little note in the air, and they will not breathe. That is a great, great moment. Arthur Rubinstein
The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other. Arthur Rubinstein
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. Arthur Rubinstein