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A metronomical performance is certainly tiresome and nonsensical; time and rhythm must be adapted to and identified with the melody, the harmony, the accent and the poetry.

— Franz Liszt

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

Wasting time is one of the worst faults of the world. Life is so short, every moment is so precious and yet, we live as if life will never end.

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one Gypsy musician teaches the other. They have never shown any need for notation.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

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

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