If a man tells me he likes Mozart, I know in advance that he is a bad musician..

There is only one real happiness in life, and that is the happiness of creating..

To all that he touched he gave a new meaning, a new color, a new outline, a new loveliness, and a new poignancy..

Music is an outburst of the soul..

You can't teach a young musician to compose any more than you can teach a delicate plant to grow, but you can guide him a little by planting a stick ….