Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

Thus it is ever in life. The aims we once pursued no longer satisfy us; we aim, we strive, we aspire, until sight fails, and mind and body find rest in the grave.

If we were all determined to play the first violin we should never have an ensemble. therefore, respect every musician in his proper place.

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

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

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

The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.