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

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

What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and - more's the pity- the fashions of time, only that which is good and true will endure like a rock and no wanton hand will ever venture to defile it. Then, let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal.

There ought to be only one large art warehouse in the world, to which the artist could carry his art-works and from which he could carry away whatever he needed. As it is one must be half a tradesman.

Music is indeed the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life.

One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.

My heart is full of many things there are moments when I feel that speech is nothing after all.