To Compose Is To Remember Music That

When You Play, Do Not Trouble Yourself As To Who Is Listening. Yet Always Play As Though A Master Listened To You.

That First Concept Is Alway The Most Naturally And Best. The Mind Errs, The Emotion Never.

Talent Works, Genius Creates.

When You Play, Never Mind Who Listens To You.

Think It A Vile Habit To Alter Works Of Good Composers, To Omit Parts Of Them, Or To Insert New-fashioned Ornaments. This Is The Greatest Insult You Can Offer To Art.