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

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Imagination creates reality.

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

I know absolutely nothing about music.

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.

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