Frederic Chopin

"The real enemy is bad taste, not honest effort."

"Patience is not the ability to wait, but how you act while you're waiting."

"I am what I write, and I write what I am."

"Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman."

"The mind with a great imagination cannot be permanently bound."

"I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, but I take a masochistic pleasure in indulging them."

"Perfection itself is imperfection."

"The real creator must be left to consult with himself."

"One must always preserve a small independent corner of the world."

"The most decisive actions of our life are most often unconsidered actions."

"Nature is beautiful when she shows her true face."

"I am neither in a good temper nor disposed to talk about my work."

"Time is the best teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils."

"The heart speaks a language which the reason does not understand."

"My sorrow is my strength and my weakness."

"Art is the effort of man to express the feeling which nature inspires him."

"In my solitude, I find myself."

"Beauty demands nothing of man but to gaze upon her."

"One cannot penetrate into the soul of a thing without love."

"Talent is of little account if not supported by perseverance."

"The aim and final end of all music should be none other than the glory of God and the refreshment of the soul."

"Fear is the greatest obstacle to learning."

"My compositions are my confessions."

"A musician must think of himself as being in exile from nature."

"When the soul is yearning, the body often weakens."

"Faith is not belief, but the absence of doubt."

"Work is the curse of the drinking classes."

"Simplicity is the ultimate sophistication."

"I never compose unless the moment comes with spontaneous inspiration."

"Inspiration is a guest that does not always come when invited."