"Nothing is more beautiful than a guitar, except, possibly two."
"Chopin was the first piano composer who knew exactly how to make piano sound reach fullness, radiance and grandness. What to regard and what, by all means, to avoid. Chopin was keenly aware of the overtones and he did take care of them so artfully."
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Source: Famous Pianists on Frédéric Chopin and Robert Schumann by G. Henle Verlag, 2010.
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