The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.
I tell my piano the things I used to tell you - Frederic Chopin
I tell my piano the things I used to tell you
- Frederic Chopin
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties. - Frederic Chopin
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two. - Frederic Chopin
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.
Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning. - Frederic Chopin
Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.
The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters… - Frederic Chopin
The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters…
Even in winter it shall be green in my heart. - Frederic Chopin
Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.
Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano. - Frederic Chopin
Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his … - Frederic Chopin
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his …
Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers. - Frederic Chopin
Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.
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