England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere.

Vienna is a handsome, lively city, and pleases me exceedingly.

Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!

I really don't know whether any place contains more pianists than Paris, or whether you can find more asses and virtuosos anywhere.

Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.

Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent in their communication with their Maker. What they never say except upon their knees, he said in his palpitating compositions.

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