“I could express my feelings more easily if they could be put into the notes of music, but as the very best concert would not cover my affection for you, dear daddy, I must use the simple words of my heart, to lay before you my utmost gratitude and filial affection” IfsHeartUseFeelingsSimpleMy HeartGratitudeLaysNotesDearAffectionConcertsDaddySimple WordsFilial Book:Chopin's Letters Source: Chopin's Letters
“You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat” IfsKnowsWritingHungryFatsDry Book:Chopin's Letters Source: Chopin's Letters
“Hats off, gentlemen - a genius! If the mighty autocrat of the north knew what a dangerous enemy threatened him in Chopin's works in the simple tunes of his mazurkas, he would forbid this music. Chopin's works are canons buried in flowers.” IfsSimpleEnemyDangerousFlowerGeniusGentlemanHatsTunesBuriedThreatenedCanonHats Off Author:Frederic Chopin
“If the newspapers cut me up so much that I shall not venture before the world again, I have resolved to become a house painter; that would be as easy as anything else, and I should, at any rate, still be an artist!” IfsWorldShouldStillsWould BeArtistHouseEasyCuttingRateNewspapersPainterVenture Author:Frederic Chopin
“If I were still stupider than I am, I should think myself at the apex of my career; yet I know how much I still lack, to reach perfection; I see it the more clearly now that I live only among first-rank artists and know what each one of them lacks.” IfsThinkingKnowsLifeShouldFirstsStillsPhilosophyArtistCareersKnow HowLife PhilosophyPerfectionApex Book:Chopin's Letters Source: Chopin's Letters
“Among the numerous pleasures of Vienna the hotel evenings are famous. During supper Strauss or Lanner play waltzes...After every waltz they get huge applause; and if they play a Quodlibet, or jumble of opera, song and dance, the hearers are so overjoyed that they don't know what to do with themselves. It shows the corrupt taste of the Viennese public.” PeopleIfsKnowsPlayShowsSongPleasureHugeTasteEveningHotelConcertsOperaApplauseSupperViennaWaltzSong And DanceOverjoyed Author:Frederic Chopin
