Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

My mind and fingers have worked like the damned. Homer, the Bible, Plato, Locke, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Beethoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber are all around me. I study them. I devour them with fury.