Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.

The first impulse of a great number of civilized musicians... is to protest ourdeclaration that the music in Hungary belongs to the Gypsies.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

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.

Oral musical traditions are rooted in assured and scrupulous faith.

The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit.