Artists who have won fame are often embarrassed by it; thus their first works are often their best.

He that divines the secret of my music is freed from the unhappiness that haunts the whole world of men.

The amount of money one needs is terrifying.

What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.

No friend have I. I must live by myself alone; but I know well that God is nearer to me than others in my art, so I will walk fearlessly with Him.

In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.

ever thine, ever mine, ever ours