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

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

My destiny is solitude, and my life is work.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

The whole duty of a conductor is comprised in his ability to indicate the right tempo.

The immoral profession of musical criticism must be abolished.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.