...no formula for success [exists] except, perhaps, an unconditional acceptance of life and what it brings." "I accept life unconditionally. Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.

You cannot play the piano well unless you are singing within you.

Don't tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.

The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.

When I play, I make love – it is the same thing.

I'm passionately involved in life: I love its change, its color, its movement. To be alive, to be able to see, to walk, to have houses, music, paintings - it's all a miracle.

I have found that if you love life, life will love you back.