There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.

Men are not only together when they are with each other; even the distant and the dead live with us.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.

I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken.