Berlin is the place to which I am most closely bound by human and scientific ties.

Live your life... as though everything is a miracle.

There are times when one feels liberated from one’s limits and human imperfections. At such moments, we see ourselves there, in a little corner of our little planet, our eyes fixed in wonder on the cold and yet deep beauty of that which is eternal, that which is elusive. Life and death are fused together and there is no evolution, nor destination, there is only BEING.

There is an atmosphere of well-sounding oratory that likes to attach itself to dress clothes. Away with it!

I am not more gifted than anybody else. I am just more curious than the average person and I will not give up a problem until I have found the proper solution.

I live my daydreams in music I see my life in terms of music. I get most joy in life out of music.

A world government with powers adequate to guarantee security is not a remote ideal for the distant future. It is an urgent necessity if our civilization is to survive.