The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

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

I am fond of them, of the inferior beings of the abyss, of those who are full of longing.

I hate this fast growing tendency to chain men to machines in big factories and deprive them of all joy in their efforts - the plan will lead to cheap men and cheap products.

I am convinced that there are universal currents of Divine Thought vibrating the ether everywhere and that any who can feel these vibrations is inspired.

I know nothing at all about music.

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.