Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood.

It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me.

Truth is a great flirt.

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.