For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.
It is the curse of talent that, although it labors with greater steadiness and perseverance than genius, it does not reach its goal, while genius already on the summit of the ideal, gazes laughingly about.
Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
Send light to the dark hearts of men, that is the duty the artist.
Remember, there are more people in the world than yourself. Be modest! You have not yet invented nor thought anything which others have not thought or invented before. And should you really have done so, consider it a gift of heaven which you are to share with others.