I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.

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

Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.

Artists are fiery; they do not weep.

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

Hide your secret even from the closest friend; learn to be silent.

ever thine, ever mine, ever ours