From a pound of iron, that costs little, a thousand watch-springs can be made, whose value becomes prodigious. The pound you have received from the L….

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art..

People compose for many reasons, to become immortal; because the piano happens to be open; because they want to become a millionaire; because of the ….

Talent works, genius creates..

To compose is to remember music that has never been written..

The poet sees better than other mortals. I do not see things as they are, but according to my own subjective impression, and this makes life easier a….

A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity..

Play always as if in the presence of a master..

It was an unforgettable picture to see Chopin sitting at the piano like a clairvoyant, lost in his dreams; to see how his vision communicated itself ….

I was a God-fearing child, innocent and physically attractive..

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of..

Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?.

For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond..

"We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!.

I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs..

When you play, never mind who listens to you..

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm..

Believe me, were I ever to accomplish anything, it would be in music, which has always attracted me; and, without overestimating myself, I am conscio….

Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought o….

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 pract….

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist..