All good music resembles something. Good music stirs by its mysterious resemblance to the objects and feelings which motivated it.

Be a mere assistant to your unconscious. Do only half the work. The rest will do itself.

Listen carefully to first criticisms made of your work. Note just what it is about your work that critics don't like - then cultivate it. That's the only part of your work that's individual and worth keeping.

It is not I who become addicted, it is my body.

Beauty makes one lose one's head. Poetry is born of this decapitation

Never do what a specialist can do better. Discover your own specialty. Do not despair if your specialty appears to be more delicate, a lesser thing. Make up in finesse what you lose in force.

Understand that some of your enemies are amongst your best friends.