Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity

We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If we wait for the mood, without endeavoring to meet it halfway, we easily become indirect and apathetic.

Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor the players liked the finale, which I also think rather horrible.

A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood.

Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made.