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

A fiery, good beginner always stands higher than a master in mediocrity.

You will be most readily cured of vanity or presumption by studying the history of music, and by hearing the master pieces which have been produced at different periods.

Talent works, genius creates.

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.

Music induces nightingales to sing, pug dogs to yelp.

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