Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know.

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know.

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.

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

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.