I Did Not Compose My Work As

It Is Impossible To Imagine A More Complete Fusion With Nature Than That Of The Gypsy.

I Am Not Fond Of Speaking About Politics Because I Don't Have In My Possession An Army Of 200,000 Soldiers.

Sorrowful And Great Is The Artist's Destiny.

A Good Cuban Cigar Closes The Doors To The Vulgarities Of The World.

My Piano Is To Me What A Ship Is To The Sailor, What A Steed Is To The Arab. It Is The Intimate Personal Depository Of Everything That Stirred Wildly In My Brain During The Most Impassioned Days Of My Youth. It Was There That All My Wishes, All My Dreams, All My Joys, And All My Sorrows Lay.