Wherever you are, I am there also.

Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Art always demands of us something new.

Oh continue to love me, never misjudge the most faithful heart of your beloved. Ever thine. Ever mine. Ever ours.

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.

An artist is someone who has learned to trust in himself.