19 Quotes by Jascha Heifetz

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.

Music has a lot in com­mon with math­e­mat­ics. But in music, two and two need not make four: they add up to what­ever you wish.

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

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.

There is no such thing as perfection, there are only standards. And after you have set a standard you learn that it was not high enough. You want to surpass it.

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

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

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

I have discovered three things which know no geographical borders – classical music, American jazz, and applause as the sign of the public’s favor.