Frederic ChopinThinkers

The Concert is never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art.

England is so surrounded by the boredom of conventionalities, that it is all one to them whether music is good or bad, since they have to hear it from morning till night.

England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.

Frederic Chopin is the first piano composer who knew exactly how to make piano sound reach fullness, radiance and grandness. What to regard and what, by all means, to avoid.

Johann Sebastian Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.

Ludwig van Beethoven is a composer who embraced the universe with the power of his spirit.

Patience is the best of teachers.

Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.

Simplicity is the last step after having gone through all the difficulties, for it is the final seal on Art. But anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.

The Teacher is important, but the very best teacher is patience.

Time is the best of critics.

Vienna is a handsome, lively city which pleases one exceedingly.