Art is the expression of the immortal part of man.

If I don't practise for one day, I know it; if I don't practise for two days, the critics knows it; if I don't practise for three days, the audience knows it.

Art must be a slow and normal evolution.

When I miss a week in practice, my audience knows it. When I miss a day, I know it.

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.

True originality has its foundations in the soul, not in the mind, and when there is an effort to create something different it is usually a failure. Beethoven or Schumann or Chopin did not try to be original. They were original.

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