1. “Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.”
2. “In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.”
3. “Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless.”
4. “Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.”
5. “I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.”
6. “Beware of missing chance; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.”
7. “Truth is a great flirt.”
8. “I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices”
9. “The supreme harmony of the cosmos is selected in the harmony of the spirit.”
10. “My sole ambition as a composer is to hurt my javelin into the infinite space of the future.”
11. “You cannot imagine how it spoils one to have been a child prodigy.”
12. “Sorrowful and great is the artist’s destiny.”
13. “Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.”
14. “Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.”
15. “A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This common sense.”
