I put all my genius into my life; I put only my talent into my works.

So much had been surrendered! And to such little purpose! There had been mad wilful rejections, monstrous forms of self-torture and self-denial, whose origin was fear and whose result was a degradation infinitely more terrible than that fancied degradation from which, in their ignorance, they had sought to escape.

Circumstances should never alter principles!

Any place that we love becomes our world.

I don't play accurately--any one can play accurately--but I play with wonderful expression. As far as the piano is concerned, sentiment is my forte. I keep science for Life.

To be in love is to surpass one's self.

The moment one sits down to think, one becomes all nose, or all forehead, or something horrid