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False notes [on the piano] are human. Why does everything have to be perfect? You know, perfection itself is imperfection.

Vladimir Horowitz

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Vladimir Horowitz
Age: 86 †
Born: 1903
Born: September 18
Died: 1989
Died: November 5
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Kiev
Vladimir Samoylovich Horowitz
Vladimir Samoilovich Horowitz
Perfection
Perfect
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Human
Perfectionism
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Imperfection
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