Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion

The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell!

Love guards the heart from the abyss.

The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.

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