“I never hear you practice."He smiled: "Only those who are dirty need to wash.”

“Only the second-rate never make mistakes.”

“Even the stars we seeare only a kind of memory,already dead for years.”

“We must know when to move on. To search too long for perfection can also paralyse.”

“I tell you a secret about Chopin, piano is his best friend. More. He tells piano all his secrets.” - piano teacher Eleanora Sivan.”

“My art is an attempt to reach beyond the surface appearance. I want to see growth in wood, time in stone, nature in a city, and I do not mean its parks but a deeper understanding that a city is nature too-the ground upon which it is built, the stone with which it is made.”

“The difference between a theatre with and without an audience is enormous. There is a palpable, critical energy created by the presence of the audience.”