incorrect information about grieg's impression of tchaikovsky the quote as referenced in the sources is he is melancholic almost to the point of madness he is a beautiful and good person but an unhappy person i did not think the latter when i met him in his time but so it is either one has others or oneself to fight i think this makes it clear that grieg did not find tchaikovsky sad upon meeting him but later after he had read about tchaikovsky's life