We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms.

Of course there is no formula for success, except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of life, and what it brings

People are always setting conditions for happiness... I love life without condition.

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

When I sit in Paris in a cafe, surrounded by people, I don't sit casually - I go over a certain sonata in my head and discover new things all the time.

The result was magnificent . . . I became the father of two girls and two boys, lovely children by good fortune they all look like my wife.

Most people ask for happiness on condition. Happiness can only be felt if you don't set any condition.