In every artist there is a touch of audacity without which no talent is conceivable.

No one has ever learned fully to know themselves.

Water its living strength first shows, When obstacles its course oppose.

Love has the tendency of pressing together all the lights - all the rays emitted from the beloved object by the burning-glass of fantasy, - into one focus, and making of them one radiant sun without any spots.

Music is either sacred or secular. The sacred agrees with its dignity, and here has its greatest effect on life, an effect that remains the same through all ages and epochs. Secular music should be cheerful throughout.

Normally, people believe that, if they hear just words, that these words must lead to some thought.

Very few people love others for what they are; rather, they love what they lend them, their own selves, their own idea of them.