My Sole Ambition As A

My Mind And Fingers Have Worked Like The Damned. Homer, The Bible, Plato, Locke, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Beethoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber Are All Around Me. I Study Them. I Devour Them With Fury.

It Is My Fervent Wish And My Greatest Ambition To Leave A Work With A Few Useful Instructions For The Pianists After Me.

I Carry A Deep Sadness Of The Heart Which Must Now And Then Break Out In Sound.

Brahms' Variations Are Better Than Mine, But Mine Were Written Before His.

A Theatre Receives Recognition Through Its Initiative, Which Is Indispensable For First-rate Performances.