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.

Good Morning, on July 7 My thoughts go out to you, my Immortal Beloved I can only live wholly with you or not at all- Be calm my life, my all. Only by calm consideration of our existence can we achieve our purpose to live together. Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever Thine Ever Mine Ever Yours

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.

A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.

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.

Men are not only together when they are with each other; even the distant and the dead live with us.