Heifetz Jascha Quotes

#1. If I don't practice one day, I know it; two days, the critics know it; three days, the public knows it.

Jascha Heifetz

#2. Fuck, Rach." His voice sounded tortured as he grabbed on to the back of my head and tugged me closer to him. "I never left you. Never.

Christina Lee

#3. 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

#4. There is no top. There are always further heights to reach.

Jascha Heifetz

#5. I don't know. I try not to think about it too much. I'm perfectly satisfied with my life. I think unhappiness comes from unfulfilled expectations." "So the less you expect from life . . ." "No. It's not like that. I just try to be happy and not wish I could do more.

Kasie West

#6. 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

#7. 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

#8. Whoever saves one life, saves a world entire." - Talmud

Danielle Steel

#9. I think the human body is beautiful, and I don't really have a huge problem in dealing with it, but it's the context, the environment and what I feel about it that that makes the difference for me.

Andie MacDowell

#10. Practice like it means everything in the world to you. Perform like you don't give a damn.

Jascha Heifetz

#11. 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

#12. This Apostolic Church never turned from the way of truth nor held any kind of error. It is imperative that nothing of the truths which have been defined be lessened, nothing altered, nothing added, but that they be preserved intact in word and meaning. This is the true rule of faith.

Pope Agatho

#13. 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.

Jascha Heifetz

#14. He once told a reporter he wanted his obituary to be short - "just make it born in Russia, first lesson at 3, debut at 7, debut in America in 1917".

Jascha Heifetz

#15. The zenith of virtuosity, a violinist like Jascha Heifetz, the supernatural in a pianist like Vladimir Horowitz, these are performers who were so idiosyncratic and personal that to imitate them would be like filling somebody else's bottle with your wine.

David Finckel

#16. Probably the sexiest woman I know is my mother.

Shia Labeouf

#17. 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.

Jascha Heifetz

#18. This is a giant block of whatever is most difficult for you to carry & trust me on this, you'll carry it more times than you can count until you decide that's exactly what you want to do most & then it won't weigh a thing anymore

Brian Andreas

#19. If the Almighty himself played the violin, the credits would still read 'Rubinstein, God, and Piatigorsky', in that order.

Jascha Heifetz

#20. 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