I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.

This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.

Let your deafness no longer be a secret - even in art.

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.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

The Music is the only corporeal introduction to the superior world of Knowledge.

To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.