When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como.

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.

Sorrowful and great is the artist's destiny.

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.

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.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

When you write the story of two happy lovers, let the story be set on the banks of Lake Como.