The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi.
An operetta is simply a small and gay opera.
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
Don't bother looking at the view - I have already composed it.
All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.
It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going.