“Behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.” SuccessHoursBehindsPracticeAchievementPerformancesBrilliantPreparationVirtuoso Author:Eric Butterworth
“The great piano virtuoso Paderewski was once playing before an audience of the rich and the royal. After a brilliant performance, an elegant lady waxed ecstatic over the great artist. She said, "Ah Maestro, you are a genius!" Paderewski tartly replied, "Ah yes, madam, but before I was a genius I was a clod!" What he was saying was that his present acclaim was not handed to him on a silver platter. He, too, was once a little boy laboriously practicing his scales. And even at his peak, behind every brilliant performance there were countless hours of practice and preparation.” LittlesSaidArtistHoursBehindsBoysPracticeAudienceRichGeniusPerformancesBrilliantScalesPreparationPianoSilverRoyalGreat ArtElegantLittle BoysGreat ArtistEcstaticAcclaimMaestroVirtuosoSilver Platter Author:Eric Butterworth
“Diligently practice identifying yourself as a limitless expression of an unliminted Universe.” UniversePracticeExpressionLimitlessIdentifyingIdentifying Yourself Author:Eric Butterworth
“Ask any great athlete or the concert pianist or the successful actor if they have arrived at the place where they need no further practice. They will tell you that the higher you climb in proficiency and public acceptance, the greater the need for practice.” IfsNeedsActorsAsksPracticeSuccessfulGreaterAcceptanceHigherAthleteClimbsConcertsPianistGreat AthleteProficiency Author:Eric Butterworth
