Is there anything more true than human pain? Is there anything more sincere than the cry for help from those who suffer? Only a great wave of mankind's pity can surmount an immense wave of human misery?

The Pole listening to Chopin listens to the voice of his whole race.

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

I established a certain standard of behavior, that, during my playing, there must be no talking.

The culture of any country is gauged first by its progress in art.

Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

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