There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.
Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times
Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.
Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.