You are a dear soul who plays polo, and I am a poor Pole who plays solo.

The mere fact of knowing that a great audience waits on your labor is enough to shake all your nerves to pieces.

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.

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

Music expresses first of all sadness rather than joy.

Art without technique is invertebrate, shapeless, characterless.