The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

It is nothing to succeed if one has not taken great trouble, and it is nothing to fail if one has done the best one could.

Without discipline, there can be no freedom.

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so.

The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

Nothing is better than music; when it takes us out of time, it has done more for us than we have the right to hope for.

Music was not invented by the composer, but found.