When speech comes from a quiet heart, it has the strength of the orchid, and the fragrance of rock.
Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!
The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I'm going to die.
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 are supposed to understand Bach (I have no pretensions to understand better, but I do think that sometimes I can guess).
My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices.
Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars.
Be like the rocky headland on which the waves constantly break. It stands firm, and round it the seething waters are laid to rest.
The New Deal was going to redistribute the national income according to ideals of social and economic justice.
There can be no place for self entirely
There are no moments you have frozen in amber. It's moving, it's changing, so appreciate what's good about right now and be ready for what's next.