Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.
I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.
Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.
In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.
Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness.
We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.