To Play Without Passion Is Inexcusable!

In The World Of Art, As In The Whole Of Creation, Freedom And Progress Are The Main Objectives.

The Foundation Of Friendship Demands The Greatest Likeness Of Human Souls And Hearts.

Oh You Men Who Think Or Say That I Am Malevolent, Stubborn, Or Misanthropic, How Greatly Do You Wrong Me. You Do Not Know The Secret Cause Which Makes Me Seem That Way To You. Oh How Harshly Was I Flung Back By The Doubly Sad Experience Of My Bad Hearing.

Of All My Children, This Is The One That Cost Me The Worst Birth-pangs And Brought Me The Most Sorrow; And For That Reason It Is The One Most Dear To Me.

To Play Without Passion Is Inexcusable!