Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.

Mendelssohn I consider the first musician of the day; I doff my hat to him as my superior. He plays with everything, especially with the grouping of the instruments in the orchestra, but with such ease, delicacy and art, with such mastery throughout.

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.

We may be sure that a genius like Mozart, were he born today, would write concertos like Chopin and not like Mozart.

Only when the form grows clear to you, will the spirit become so too.

Talent works, genius creates.

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