When You Play, Never Mind Who Listens

You Will Be Most Readily Cured Of Vanity Or Presumption By Studying The History Of Music, And By Hearing The Master Pieces Which Have Been Produced At Different Periods.

Nature Best Teaches How To Pray, And How To Reverence All The Gifts The Almighty Has Given Us. She Is Like A Vast Outspread Handkerchief, Embroidered With God's Eternal Name, On Which We May Dry Alike Our Tears Of Sorrow And Of Joy; She Turns Weeping Into Ecstasy, And Fills Our Hearts With Speechless, Quiet Reverence And Resignation.

If, While At The Piano, You Attempt To Form Little Melodies, That Is Very Well; But If They Come Into Your Mind Of Themselves, When You Are Not Practising, You May Be Still More Pleased; For The Internal Organ Of Music Is Then Roused In You. The Fingers Must Do What The Head Desires; Not The Contrary.

Play Always As If In The Presence Of A Master.

You Should Diligently Play Scales And Fingerpractices. There Are Many, However, Who Believe They'll Achieve All, By Practicing Daily On Technique For Hours On End, Up Till High Age. It's Like Practicing Every Day To Enumerate The Alfabet Faster And Faster. One Would Think One Could Make Better Use Of Their Valuable Time.