All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.
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.
I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
The spirit can assert itself only through the medium of clear form.
I beg of you... never assume an inner or an outer pose, never a disguise.