My Sole Ambition As A Composer Is

A Good Cuban Cigar Closes The Doors To The Vulgarities Of The World.

Life Is Only A Long And Bitter Suicide, And Faith Alone Can Transform This Suicide Into A Sacrifice.

I Foster A Sorrowful Conception Of Affection. Make No Sacrifices.

Brahms' Variations Are Better Than Mine, But Mine Were Written Before His.

It Is My Fervent Wish And My Greatest Ambition To Leave A Work With A Few Useful Instructions For The Pianists After Me.