Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
That first concept is alway the most naturally and best. The mind errs, the emotion never.
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.
For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.
You should neither play bad compositions, nor, unless compelled, listen to them.
Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.