Art always demands of us something new.
Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.
Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.
An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.
One must not hold one's self so divine as to be unwilling occasionally to make improvements in one's creations.
I am resolved to rise superior to every obstacle. With whom need I be afraid of measuring my strength? I will take Fate by the throat. It shall not overcome me. O how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times!