In Opera, There Is Always

If I Am Not Making Music, I Have No Reason For Existing.

The Attraction Of The Virtuoso For The Public Is Very Like That Of The Circus For The Crowd. There Is Always The Hope That Something Dangerous May Happen.

Inspiration And Ideas Only Come To Me When I Have Not Had A Woman In A Very Long Time... Ballads, Polonaises, Even A Whole Concerto May Have Been Lost Forever Up Your Des Durka, I Can't Tell You How Many. I Have Been So Deeply Engulfed In My Love For You I Have Hardly Created Anything.

There Is Nothing More Musical Than A Sunset. He Who Feels What He Sees Will Find No More Beautiful Example Of Development In All That Book Which, Alas, Musicians Read But Too Little - The Book Of Nature.

To Complete A Work Is Just Like Being Present At The Death Of Someone You Love.