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" Here we have a Sand story raised to
the dignity of a diagnosed symptom. It is like the other
nonsense.

IV. THE ARTIST

Chopin's personality was a pleasant, persuasive one without being
so striking or so dramatic as Liszt's. As a youth his nose was
too large, his lips thin, the lower one protruding. Later,
Moscheles said that he looked like his music. Delicacy and a
certain aristrocratic bearing, a harmonious ensemble, produced a
most agreeable sensation. "He was of slim frame, middle height;
fragile but wonderfully flexible limbs, delicately formed hands,
very small feet, an oval, softly outlined head, a pale
transparent complexion, long silken hair of a light chestnut
color, parted on one side, tender brown eyes, intelligent rather
than dreamy, a finely-curved aquiline nose, a sweet subtle smile,
graceful and varied gestures." This precise description is by
Niecks. Liszt said he had blue eyes, but he has been overruled.
Chopin was fond of elegant, costly attire, and was very correct
in the matter of studs, walking sticks and cravats.


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