“Music makes me forget my real situation. It transports me into a state which is not my own. Under the influence of… — Leo Tolstoy Copy Share Image
Why should a novelist not also be a historian? To force unnatural divisions within the English language is to work against its… — Peter Ackroyd Copy Share Image
When we have an experience -- hearing a particular sonata, making love with a particular person, watching the sun set from a… — Daniel Gilbert Copy Share Image
Of true knowledge at any time, a good part is merely convenient, necessary indeed to the worker, but not to an understanding… — Jacques Barzun Copy Share Image
A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played… — Frederic Chopin Copy Share Image
