Frédéric Chopin Quotes

Polish composer and pianist (1810–1849)

Frédéric Chopin (1 March 1810 – 17 October 1849) was a Polish pianist and composer of classical music who lived in Paris from age 21. He wrote almost solely for piano and remains the most widely played composer for that instrument. He also wrote for violin and viola. His music ranged from patriotic, melancholy, passionate to simple and beautiful, and he was known as a great teacher of piano.

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Native Name: Fryderyk Franciszek Szopen

Alternative Names: Fryderyk Franciszek Chopin • Frédéric François Chopin • Fryderyk Chopin • Frederic Francois Chopin • Frederic Chopin • Fr. Chopin • Chopin

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Nothing is more beautiful than a good guitar, save perhaps two.

Regardless of my transient joys, I am never free of a feeling of melancholy which somehow forms the base of my heart.

It is dreadful when something weighs on your mind, not to have a soul to unburden yourself to. You know what I mean. I tell my piano the things I used to tell you.

Chaque difficulté sera un fantôme qui perturbera votre repos plus tard.

I wish I could throw off the thoughts which poison my happiness, and yet I take a kind of pleasure in indulging them.

I'm a revolutionary, money means nothing to me.

You already know when I'm writing, so don't be surprised if it's short and dry, because I'm too hungry to write anything fat

I tell you piano the things I used to tell you

I astonished Kalkbrenner, who at once asked me, was I not a pupil of Field, because I have Cramer's method and Field's touch. (That delighted me.)

I have met Rossini, Cherubini, Baillot, etc.—also Kalkbrenner. You would not believe how curious I was about Herz, Liszt, Hiller, etc. — They are all zero beside Kalkbrenner. I confess that I have played like Herz, but would wish to play like Kalkbrenner. If Paganini is perfection, Kalkbrenner is his equal, but in quite another style.

I wish I could throw off the thoughts that poison my happiness, and yet I love to indulge in them;

Zaman en iyi yargıç, sabır eşsiz bir öğretmendir.

Bach is an astronomer, discovering the most marvellous stars. Beethoven challenges the universe. I only try to express the soul and the heart of man.

You know how easily things grow out of nothing, when they pass through a mouth that smears them all over and makes something else out of them —

Translation 1: I am going to wash now; don't kiss me, I'm not washed yet. You? If I were smeared with the oils of Byzantium, you would not kiss me unless I forced you to it by magnetism. There's some kind of power in nature. Today you will dream of kissing me! I have got to pay you out for the horrible dream you gave me last night.

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