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

I loved your country [America] before I knew it.

The great familiar musical works are always greeted by the audiences as ever welcome and beloved friends.

I cannot imagine a genuinely happy home without music in it.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.

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

Just as surely as every new language mastered opens up a new world, so knowledge of a Beethoven, a Chopin, or a Schumann opens up a new world in spiritual beauty and thought.