Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.

Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.

When I discovered that I had been made custodian of this gift, in my earliest childhood, I pledged myself to God to be worthy of it, but I have received uncovenanted mercies all my life. The custodian has too often kept faith on his all-too-worldly terms.

What force is more potent than love?

Music is...the coordination between man and time.