To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.
When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.
To compose is to remember music that has never been written.
Talent works, genius creates.
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 or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.
When you play, never mind who listens to you.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
You write to become immortal, or because the piano happens to be open, or you've looked into a pair of beautiful eyes.
Endeavour to play easy pieces well and with elegance; that is better than to play difficult pieces badly.
A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.
Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
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 through his playing, and how, at the end of each piece, he had the sad habit of running one finger over the length of the plaintive keyboard, as though to tear himself forcibly away from his dream.
I am so fresh in soul and spirit that life gushes and bubbles around me in a thousand springs.
Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.
We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.
Art was not created as a way to riches. Strive to become a true artist; all else will take care of itself.
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
The aesthetic principle is the same in every art, only the material differs.
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 practising, you may be still more pleased; for the internal organ of music is then roused in you. The fingers must do what the head desires; not the contrary.
"We liked it" or "I didn't like it" people say. As if it were nothing higher than to please the people!
Can that which has cost the artist days, weeks, months and even years of reflection be understood in a flash by a dilettante?
Play always as if in the presence of a master.
It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while genius already on the summit of the ideal, gazes laughingly about.
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