The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

Achievements, seldom credited to their source, are the result of unspeakable drudgery and worries.

Blessed be, the genius who never knew good fortune! Genius in itself already means so much; what meaning does luck still hold for him?

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

The only form of music is melody, without melody music is not feasible, and music and melody are quite inseparable.

If experiments on animals were abandoned on grounds of compassion, mankind would have made a fundamental advance.