Artur Rubinstein Quotes (8 Quotes)

Of course there is no formula for success except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.

The first movement represented the struggles of my youth, the following andante the beginning of a more serious aspect of my talent, a scherzo represented well the unexpected success and the finale turned out to be a wonderfully moving end.

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.

When I was young, I used to have successes with women because I was young. Now I have successes with women because I am old. Middle age was the hardest part.

It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole of Petrushka on the piano.

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 Ch.

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.

Sometimes I think, not so much am I a pianist, but a vampire. All my life I have lived off the blood of Chopin.