Frederic Chopin

"Simplicity 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."

"The master musicians are those possessing the rarest of all gifts - the gift of knowing when NOT to play."

"When you sit down to write or create, write from your heart."

"Perfection itself is imperfection."

"There is no greater agony than bearing an untold story inside you."

"A musician must practice his art with a soul that is always young."

"The noblest gift of man is his reason."

"Life without music would be a mistake."

"Despair is only for those who see the end beyond all doubt."

"The earth is a nest and we must leave it."

"Talent is nothing without persistence."

"Find yourself first, and everything else will follow."

"Love is the greatest of all gifts."

"Time is the mirror of eternity."

"Beauty is truth and truth is beauty."

"The heart wants what the heart wants."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but action in spite of it."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"What we do in life echoes in eternity."

"Dreams are the awakening of the soul."

"Education is the most powerful weapon."

"Freedom is the foundation of all happiness."

"Friendship is the only cement that will hold the world together."

"Gratitude is the memory of the heart."

"Hope is the thing with feathers."

"Imagination is the beginning of creation."

"Justice delayed is justice denied."

"Knowledge is power."

"Love conquers all."

"Music is the universal language of mankind."