Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in ones birthplace.

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.

Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.

As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days.

If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still lack, to reach perfection; I see it the more clearly now that I live only among first-rank artists and know what each one of them lacks.

Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.

After a rest in Edinburgh, where, passing a music-shop, I heard some blind man playing a mazurka of mine.