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.

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.

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

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

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

Those who grasp the whole, will also comprehend all parts of that whole, even when immediate technical understanding is lacking, and recognize and marshal these.

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.