Simplicity is the final achievement. After one has played a vast quantity of notes and more notes, it is simplicity that emerges as the crowning reward of art.
He had a habit of always extinguishing the candles in a room, and would even request that the lights be turned off when performing at events or parties.
At the age of 6, he was already writing and composing poetry, and by age 8, he had performed his first concerto in public.