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.

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

Talent works, genius creates.

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

Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.

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

We shouldn't repeat the same for ages on end, but look into the new as well.