I've seen it suggested more than once that for a musician to progress quickest, it's more important to be a well-rounded person, than to narrowly focus on technique improvement.
There is a lot of leeway for discussion here - certainly several virtuosi come to mind who were far from paragons.
Not that I wish to escape practicing scales and arpeggios - but does one's music improve more rapidly if one strives to improve one's character first and foremost?
Thanks for any replies to this vague philosophical question.
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