I know absolutely nothing about music.

The essence of higher instrumental music lays herein that one is able to express in tones that what one is unable to say in words.

Divorce is one of the most financially traumatic things you can go through. Money spent on getting mad or getting even is money wasted.

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men.

I have long been convinced that my artistic ideal stands or falls with Germany. Only the Germany that we love and desire can help us achieve that ideal.