“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.”
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“The pianokeys are black and white
but they sound like a million colors in your mind”
― The Collected Stories of Maria Cristina Mena
but they sound like a million colors in your mind”
― The Collected Stories of Maria Cristina Mena
“If, while at the piano, you attempt to form little melodies, that is very well; but if they come into your mind of themselves, when you are not practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary.”
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