In contrast to reincarnation and karma, all other views seem petty and narrow

Human dignity begins to assert itself only at the point where man is distinguishable from the beast by pity for it.

It is impossible to communicate with Schumann. The man is hopeless; he doesn't talk at all.

One siupreme fact which I have discovered is that it is not willpower, but fantasy and imagination that ceates. Imagination is the creative force. Imagination creates reality.

Whatever my passions demand of me, I become for the time being - musician, poet, director, author, lecturer or anything else.

I know absolutely nothing about music.

The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human voice.