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

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

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

Talent works, genius creates.

Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.

Nature best teaches how to pray, and how to reverence all the gifts the Almighty has given us. She is like a vast outspread handkerchief, embroidered with God's eternal name, on which we may dry alike our tears of sorrow and of joy; she turns weeping into ecstasy, and fills our hearts with speechless, quiet reverence and resignation.

Confidence and courage are special skills to the art ... Within the four walls of his study, the artist should be modest, work diligently and conscientiously. While for the public, he'll show himself audacious, yes even into cheerful boldness. And so a new public's darling has arisen.