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True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is usually a failure. Beethoven or Schumann or Chopin did not try to be original. They were original.

Ignacy Jan Paderewski

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Ignacy Jan Paderewski
Age: 80 †
Born: 1860
Born: November 6
Died: 1941
Died: June 29
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