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Frederic Chopin Quotes

Frederic Chopin Quotes.

The last thing is simplicity. After having gone through all the difficulties, having played an endless number of notes, it is simplicity that matters, with all its charm. It is the final seal on Art. Anyone who strives for this to begin with will be disappointed. You cannot begin at the end.
Frederic Chopin
I’m a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.
Frederic Chopin
Simplicity is the highest goal, achievable when you have overcome all difficulties.
Frederic Chopin
As long as I have health and strength, I will gladly work all my days.
Frederic Chopin
Oh, how miserable it is to have no one to share your sorrows and joys, and, when your heart is heavy, to have no soul to whom you can pour out your woes.
Frederic Chopin
Nothing is more odious than music without hidden meaning.
Frederic Chopin
The crowd intimidates me, its breath suffocates me. I feel paralyzed by its curious look, and the unknown faces make me dumb.
Frederic Chopin
Man is never always happy, and very often only a brief period of happiness is granted him in this world; so why escape from this dream which cannot last long?
Frederic Chopin
I shall create a new world for myself.
Frederic Chopin
Sometimes I can only groan, and suffer, and pour out my despair at the piano.
Frederic Chopin
Time is the best of critics; and patience the best of teachers.
Frederic Chopin
Oh, how hard it must be to die anywhere but in one’s birthplace.
Frederic Chopin
Put all your soul into it, play the way you feel!
Frederic Chopin
I tell my piano the things I used to tell you
Frederic Chopin
Bach is like an astronomer who, with the help of ciphers, finds the most wonderful stars . . . Beethoven embraced the universe with the power of his spirit . . . I do not climb so high. A long time ago I decided that my universe will be the soul and heart of man.
Frederic Chopin
Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two.
Frederic Chopin
The three most celebrated doctors on the island have been to see me. One sniffed at what I spat, the second tapped where I spat from, and the third sounded me and listened as I spat. The first said I was dead, the second that I was dying and the third that I’m going to die.
Frederic Chopin
Even in winter it shall be green in my heart.
Frederic Chopin