"Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his."

"Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny."

"Wasting time is one of the worst faults of the world. Life is so short, every moment is so precious and yet, we live …"

"When you write the story of two happy lovers, place them on the shores of Lake Como. I do not know a district more ma…"

"I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound."

"Perhaps the greatest source of wonder in Liszt's life was that he composed anything at all, let alone anything of las…"

"Composer, teacher, Abbé, Casanova, writer, sage, pioneer and champion of new music, philanthropist, philosopher and o…"

"Die Warheit zu sagen, so höret oder siehet man selten einen Streit swischen ihnen; es trauen die fremdesten Leute ein…"

"Both as an organist and composer he ranks high."

"Dowghter, in this I can thinke no other But that it is true thys proverbe olde, Hastye love is soone hot and soone co…"