It took great courage to ask a beautiful young woman to marry me. Believe me, it is easier to play the whole of Petrushka on the piano.
Source: In A Little Nightmusic, by Samuel Chotzinoff, 1964.
-- Artur Rubinstein, (Jan 28 1887-1982), Polish-US virtuoso pianist; He was regarded by many as the 20th century's foremost interpreter of the repertoire.