Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.

I have not the least doubt that school developed in me nothing but what was evil and left the good untouched.

I am sure my music has a taste of codfish in it.

When we are young, friends are, like everything else, a matter of course. In the old days we know what it means to have them.

In Bach, Beethoven and Wagner we admire principally the depth and energy of the human mind; in Mozart, the divine instinct.

A landscape, torn by mists and clouds, in which I can see ruins of old churches, as well as of Greek temples - that is Brahms.

Suddenly a mist fell from my eyes and I knew the way I had to take.