Art is great only when it bears the stamp of the individual.

A man is not necessarily a master because he happened to compose two or three centuries ago. Let us beware of the worship of mere antiquity.

The ultimate necessity is the summoning of the mind and will to do their duty.

Beginnings play their prized part in every finished human accomplishment, for beginnings mean the birth of added progress.

When one is an artist, what else can he be?

I am inclined to believe that some music, like certain poetry, finds its appeal and way to all.

The genius is the man who has genuine and deep human relations with others, who does not cut himself off in the search for originality, but who realizes the value of artistic tradition.