Perhaps only a Genius can truly understand Genius.
When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.
In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.
To compose is to remember music that has never been written.
We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.
For me Wagner is impossible... he talks without ever stopping. One can't just talk all the time.