1. “We only begin to live life when we learn to accept it on its own terms.”
2. “Don’t tell me how talented you are. Tell me how hard you work.”
3. “I’ve found that if you love life, life will love you back.”
4. “There is no formula for success except perhaps an unconditional acceptance of the act and what it brings.”
5. “People are always setting conditions for happiness… I love life without condition.”
6. “You can play the piano well unless you are singing within you.”
7. “Even hen I’m sick and depressed, I love life.”
8. “The seasons are what a symphony ought to be: four perfect movements in harmony with each other.”
9. “I am tired before the concert, not afterwards.”
10. “It too great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole Petrushka in the piano.”
