I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.

Truth is a great flirt.

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to disappear behind his functions as much as possible. We are pilots, not servants.

A good Cuban cigar closes the doors to the vulgarities of the world.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light.

I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.