Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.
When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.
You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
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.