Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

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.