Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.

I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day.

Even when I can play Europe's most precious keyboard, to have to listen to people who don't understand, or do not want to understand, and who are incapable of grasping my intent, whatever I play, does surely forfeit my lust for playing at all.

It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.

To every good friend I send my greet feet; addio nitwit. Love true true true until the grave, if I live that long and do behave.