I believe in intuition and inspiration. Imagination is more important than knowledge. For knowledge is limited, whereas imagination embraces the entire world, stimulating progress, giving birth to evolution. It is, strictly speaking, a real factor in scientific research.

Show me a satisfied man, and I'll show you a failure.

It occurred to me by intuition, and music was the driving force behind that intuition. My discovery was the result of musical perception.

The Bible is a great source of wisdom and consolation and should be read frequently.

We can understand almost anything, but we can't understand how we understand.

My only genius talent is inquisitiveness.

Great spirits have always encountered opposition from mediocre minds. The mediocre mind is incapable of understanding the man who refuses to bow blindly to conventional prejudices and chooses instead to express his opinions courageously and honestly.