I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.

I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from it either by words or by chastisements.

The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.

Creativity is the firing of my soul.

My dear sister! I’m amazed to discover that you can compose so delightfully. In a word, your Lied is beautiful. You must compose more often.

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.