When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.

Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.