To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's own! Frederic Chopin More Quotes by Frederic Chopin More Quotes From Frederic Chopin Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you. Frederic Chopin health memories death 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 about. Frederic Chopin amazed concerts people Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long? Frederic Chopin dream men long I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection Frederic Chopin gratitude simple heart Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, Frederic Chopin keyboards creation musical I am not fitted to give concerts. The audience intimidates me, I feel choked by its breath, paralyzed by its curious glances, struck dumb by all those strange faces. Frederic Chopin music dumb giving 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 the Scherzo more or less correctly. I was about to attack the March when suddenly I saw arising from the body of my piano those cursed creatures which had appeared to me one lugubrious night at the Chartreuse. I had to leave for one instant to pull myself together after which I continued without saying anything. Frederic Chopin piano adventure night Chopin was the first piano composer who knew exactly how to make piano sound reach fullness, radiance and grandness. What to regard and what, by all means, to avoid. Chopin was keenly aware of the overtones and he did take care of them so artfully. Frederic Chopin piano voice done 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 lack, to reach perfection; I see it the more clearly now that I live only among first-rank artists and know what each one of them lacks. Frederic Chopin artist philosophy life I haven't heard anything so great for a long time; Beethoven snaps his fingers at the whole world. Frederic Chopin long people world Concerts are never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art. Frederic Chopin giving-up beautiful art If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist! Frederic Chopin cutting artist house Liszt commenting on the music of Frédéric Chopin: He confided . . . those inexpressible sorrows to which the pious give vent in their communication with their Maker. What they never say except upon their knees, he said in his palpitating compositions. Frederic Chopin communication music giving 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 I feel more need than ever for a Pleyel piano. Frederic Chopin piano voice strong We fell silent and all joking ceased. We gazed mutely into each other's eyes and an intense longing for the fullest avowal of the truth forced us to a confession, requiring no words whatever, or the incommensurable misfortune that weighed upon us. With tears and sobs we sealed a vow to belong to each other alone. Frederic Chopin eye inspiring love The earth is suffocating... Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive. Frederic Chopin tuberculosis cutting alive The Official Bulletin declared that the Poles should be as proud of me as the Germans are of Mozart; obvious nonsense. Frederic Chopin nonsense proud people 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 which positively repels me... What an unattractive person La Sand is... Is she really a woman? I'm inclined to doubt it. Frederic Chopin unattractive doubt people Simplicity is the final achievement. Frederic Chopin simplicity achievement design 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 if they play a Quodlibet, or jumble of opera, song and dance, the hearers are so overjoyed that they don't know what to do with themselves. It shows the corrupt taste of the Viennese public. Frederic Chopin play song people
