Do not count the days, do not count the miles. Count only the Germans you have killed. Kill the German - this is your old mother's prayer. Kill the German - this is what your children beseech you to do. Kill the German - this is the cry of your Russian earth. Do not waver. Do not let up. Kill.

Every master knows that the material teaches the artist.

People seldom learn from the mistakes of others-not because they deny the value of the past, but because they are faced with new problems.

There is no progress in art.

Kill the Germans, wherever you find them! Every German is our moral enemy. Have no mercy on women, children, or the aged! Kill every German - wipe them out!

Music has a great advantage: without mentioning anything, it can say everything.

You could cover the whole earth with asphalt, but sooner or later green grass would break through.