For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.

My symphonies would have reached Opus 100 if I had but written them down... Sometimes I am so full of music, and so overflowing with melody, that I find it simply impossible to write down anything.

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

We have learned to express the more delicate nuances of feeling by penetrating more deeply into the mysteries of harmony.

To send light into the darkness of men's hearts - such is the duty of the artist.

Music owes as much to Bach as religion to its founder.

When young, one learns his craftsmanship, may become a young master, and it is youth that is most auspicious for developing certain skills.