Play Mozart in memory of me— and I will hear you.
Frédéric ChopinI wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.
Frédéric ChopinSometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!
Frédéric ChopinSimplicity 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.
Frédéric ChopinHere you doubtless observe my tendency to do wrong against my will. As something has involuntarily crept into my head through my eyes, I love to indulge it, even though it may be all wrong.
Frédéric ChopinI 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
Frédéric ChopinYou 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
Frédéric ChopinConcerts are never real music, you have to give up the idea of hearing in them all the most beautiful things of art.
Frédéric ChopinChopin has done for the piano what Schubert has done for the voice.
Frédéric ChopinSimplicity 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.
Frédéric ChopinSometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano!
Frédéric ChopinOne needs only to study a certain positioning of the hand in relation to the keys to obtain with ease the most beautiful quality of sound , to know how to play long notes and short notes and [to attain] unlimited dexterity ... A well-formed technique, it seems to me, [is one] that can control and vary [ bien nuancer ] a beautiful sound quality.
Frédéric ChopinI'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.
Frédéric Chopin