Frederic Chopin Quotes

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• Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars. Astronomer
• As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days. All
• I feel like a novice, just as I felt before I knew anything of the keyboard. It is far too original, and I shall end… Able
• If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still… Among
• Having nothing to do, I am correcting the Paris edition of Bach; not only the engraver's mistakes, but also the mistakes hallowed by those who… Bach
• Yesterday's concert was a success. I hasten to let you know. I inform your Lordship that I was not a bit nervous and played as… Alone
• They want me to give another concert but I have no desire to do so. You cannot imagine what a torture the three days before… Another Concert
• There are certain times when I feel more inspired, filled with a strong power that forces me to listen to my inner voice, and when… Certain
• A strange adventure befell me while I was playing my Sonata in B flat minor before some English friends. I had played the Allegro and… Adventure
• One needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful sounds, to… Achieve
• I don't know where there can be so many pianists as in Paris, so many asses and so many virtuosi. Ass
• I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world... Beethoven
• I have met a great celebrity, Madame Dudevant, known as George Sand... Her appearance is not to my liking. Indeed there is something about her… Appearance
• I don't know how it is, but the Germans are amazed at me and I am amazed at them for finding anything to be amazed… Amazed
• Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get huge applause; and… Among
• Here, waltzes are called works! And Strauss and Lanner, who play them for dancing, are called Kapellmeistern. This does not mean that everyone thinks like… Called
• It's a huge Carthusian monastery, stuck down between rocks and sea, where you may imagine me, without white gloves or hair curling, as pale as… Bach
• After a rest in Edinburgh, where, passing a music-shop, I heard some blind man playing a mazurka of mine... Blind
• England is a country of pianos, they are everywhere. Concerts
• Here, whatever is not boring is not English. Boring

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