“It takes great technique, tremendous discipline and energy and practice, and damn few are capable. Art is confidence. Technique makes it possible to achieve artistic greatness, but doesn't guarantee it. The great piano artists are not the ones who are best playing Clementi exercises.” ArtArtistEnergyPracticeAchieveGreatnessDisciplineExerciseCapableArt IsTechniqueArtisticDamnPianoGuarantees Author:Dirk Benedict
“It is hard to mesmerize ourselves, to whip our own top; but through sympathy we are capable of energy and endurance. Concert fires people to a certain fury of performance they can rarely reach alone.” PeopleHardCertainEnergyFireCapablePerformancesEnduranceConcertsFuryWhips Book:Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated) Source: Delphi Complete Works of Ralph Waldo Emerson (Illustrated)