Franz Liszt

“Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.”

“Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.”

“Without struggle, there is no progress.”

“Sorrow is knowledge, those that know the most must mourn the deepest, the tree of knowledge is not the tree of life.”

“The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible.”

“My piano is my very self, my speech and my life.”

“A great artist is a great man in a great child.”

“Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.”

“Music is the heart of life. She speaks love; without it, there is no possible good and with it, everything is beautiful.”

“It is my fervent wish that I may not be replaced by a less sympathetic successor.”