It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.

It's not evil that's ruining the earth, but mediocrity. The crime is not that Nero played while Rome burned, but that he played badly.

Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

An artist doesn't necessarily have deeper feelings than other people, but he can express these feelings. He is like everyone else-only more so! He speaks with a Formal Sigh.

Compose first, worry later.

Divine fires do not blaze each day but an artist functions in their afterglow, hoping for their recurrence.

Love is a mystery which, when solved, evaporates. The same holds for music.