Frederic Chopin

"I believe the piano is the perfect instrument for expressing human emotion."

"Love is the inspiration for all my compositions."

"A true artist must suffer to create."

"The universe speaks to us in the language of beauty."

"I am not what I seem; I am what you feel when I play."

"Death is but a transition, not an ending."

"Art is the memory of humanity."

"I seek to create music that transcends time and space."

"The purpose of art is to provide the most authentic reflection of life."

"I compose not for the masses, but for the few who truly understand."

"The real end of man is a life of activity that accords with reason."

"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."

"I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a pride in my pain."

"When you play, never mind who listens to you."

"The duty of an artist is to awaken people to a higher understanding of life."

"The prejudices which exist in Parisian salons are not worth the least of nature's gifts."

"Do not desire change; it comes without being invited."

"The heart always conquers the head in matters of passion."

"My sorrow is my sanctuary; let no one disturb it."

"Courage is not the absence of fear, but rather the assessment that something else is more important."

"The most perfect technique is that which we do not notice."

"I compose my works in my head during my walks, and I remember them."

"A man should use his intelligence to find answers, and his heart to understand them."

"Mediocrity needs not to invent rules of life, for it makes none."

"The beautiful in music is not found in violent feelings but in exquisite taste."

"The greatest power lies not in conquest, but in the ability to touch a human soul."

"Do not seek to find yourself; seek to create yourself."

"Nostalgia is the sweetest form of remembrance."

"Art is the effort of man to express himself and his time."

"The more we understand nature, the more wonderful it becomes."