America, the country of my heart, my second home.

You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

Piano playing is more difficult than statesmanship. It is harder to awake emotions in ivory keys than it is in human beings.

Times change, people change, thought and feeling take new shapes, put on fresh garments, sons bow their heads unwillingly to that which enraptured their fathers.

Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual.

The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.

The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends.