Yes, I am very lucky, but I ...

Yes, I am very lucky, but I have a little theory about this. I have noticed through experience and observation that providence, nature, God, or what I would call the power of creation seems to favor human beings who accept and love life unconditionally, and I am certainly one who does with all my heart.
 Arthur Rubinstein

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Of course there is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings.
 Arthur Rubinstein
I'm passionately involved in life: I love its change, its color, its movement. To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle.
 Arthur Rubinstein
To be alive, to able to see, to walk...it's all a miracle. I have adapted the technique of living life from miracle to miracle.
 Arthur Rubinstein
Never sound pompous. You always sound noble, noble. Absolute character of music is nobility. Even popular music can be noble, you see. If it's not noble, then it's not very good... Music is an art of emotion, of nobility, of dignity, of greatness, of love, of tenderness. All that must be brought out in music but never a show of pompousness.
 Arthur Rubinstein
...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.
 Arthur Rubinstein