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The earth is suffocating... Swear to make them cut me open, so that I won't be buried alive.
Frederic Chopin
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Frederic Chopin
Age: 39 †
Born: 1810
Born: March 1
Died: 1849
Died: October 17
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Frédéric François Chopin
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Fryderyk Chopin
Frederic Chopin
Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin
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All the same it is being said everywhere that I played too softly, or rather, too delicately for people used to the piano-pounding of the artists here.
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As something has involuntarily crept into my head through my eyes,I love to indulge it, even though it may be all wrong.
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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
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The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.
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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).
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Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit . . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.
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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!
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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 I play when I am alone. It went well... and I had to come back and bow four times.
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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 up not being able to learn it myself.
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Play Mozart in memory of me - and I will hear you.
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Time is the best of critics and patience the best of teachers.
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When one does a thing, it appears good, otherwise one would not write it. Only later comes reflection, and one discards or accepts the thing. Time is the best censor, and patience a most excellent teacher.
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You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat
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Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
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The Official Bulletin declared that the Poles should be as proud of me as the Germans are of Mozart obvious nonsense.
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I tell my piano the things I used to tell you
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My manuscripts sleep, while I cannot, for I am covered with poultices.
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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.
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Nothing is more beautiful than the sound of the guitar.
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Mozart encompasses the entire domain of musical creation, but I've got only the keyboard in my poor head.
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