To follow, without halt, one aim: There's the secret of success.
It is useless to dabble in beauty. One must be utterly devoted to beauty, with every nerve of the body.
Get my swan costume ready.
Play the last measure very softly.
What exactly is success? For me it is to be found not in applause, but in the satisfaction of feeling that one is realizing one's ideal.
To follow without halt, one aim; there is the secret of success. And success? What is it? I do not find it in the applause of the theater; it lies rather in the satisfaction of accomplishment.