Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.

In the oldest chronicles of the times conserved in Hungary, reports will be found of Gypsy music, but never of any other, either Magyar, Slavic or Jewish.

The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.

A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances.

Music is never stationary; successive forms and styles are only like so many resting-places - like tents pitched and taken down again on the road to the Ideal.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.