Is An Artist Much More Than A

Is An Artist Much More Than A Beggar?

I Cannot Give A Single Concert At Which I Do Not Play One Piece After The Other In An Agony Of Terror Because My Memory Threatens To Fail Me. This Fear Torments Me For Days Beforehand.

I Will Yield To Popular Demands Only Insofar As They Do Not Betray My Own Convictions.

I Cannot Be So Bad When Everybody Is So Fond Of Me.

There Is Nothing Greater Than The Joy Of Composing Something Oneself And Then Listening To It.