Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?
Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.
I would rather write 10,000 notes than a single letter of the alphabet.
From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.
I have never thought of writing for reputation and honor. What I have in my heart must come out; that is the reason why I compose.
Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.