• "It is better to practice one hour a day, but every day, than to make a great spasmodic effort and then stop." -Ernest Bloch

• "Sit down and start whether you like it or not." -Gordon Epperson

• "One should never make any music, not even sound one musical note, without a musical intention preceding it." -Artur Schnabel

• "Between every effort in your playing and during every pause, deliberately return to a state of relaxation and
softness in all your joints." -Yehudi Menuhin

• "One must practice slowly, then more slowly, and finally, really slowly." -Camille Saint-saens

• "Three minutes spent thinking about your practicing before you start are worth three hours spent in aimless repetition." -Robert Gerle

• "An artist who lacks the power of self-criticism accomplishes but little. It is good if your work stands higher than your opinion of it; bad if it is on the same level. But it is a great disaster if your work stands lower than your judgment of it." -Leonardo da Vinci