Liberty, in my opinion, is the only orthodoxy within the limits of which art may express itself and flourish freely-liberty that is the best of all things in the life of man, if it is all one with wisdom and virtue.

To Strauss the composer I take off my hat; to Strauss the man I put it back on again.

Liberty, in my opinion, is the only orthodoxy within the limits of which art may express itself and flourish freely-liberty that is the best of all things in the life of man, if it is all one with wisdom and virtue.

Can't you read? The score demands 'con amore,' and what are you doing? You are playing it like married men!

When I was young, I kissed my first woman and smoked my first cigarette on the same day. Believe me, never since have I wasted any more time on tobacco.”“After I die I shall return to earth as the doorkeeper of a bordello and I won't let a one of you in.

God tells me how the music should sound, but you stand in the way.

After I die, I shall return to earth as a gatekeeper of a bordello and I won't let any of you enter.