Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

I want to seize fate by the throat.

I carry my thoughts about me for a long time, often a very long time, before I write them down; meanwhile my memory is so faithful that I am sure never to forget, not even in years, a theme that has once occurred to me.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

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

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

Mistakes - mistakes - you yourself are a unique mistake!