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.
Nothing right can be accomplished in art without enthusiasm.
For me, music is always the language which permits one to converse with the Beyond.
Without enthusiasm nothing great can be effected in art.
The principal mark of genius is not perfection, but originality.
When you play, do not trouble yourself as to who is listening. Yet always play as though a master listened to you.