I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

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

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.

Truth is a great flirt.

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