Creativity is the firing of my soul..

I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day..

Silence is very important. The silence between the notes are as important as the notes themselves..

People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is….

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. 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 necessar….

Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure..

Patience and tranquility of mind contribute more to cure our distempers as the whole art of medicine.

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

To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop..

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings..

I choose such notes that love one another..

Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God..

What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!.

Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He know….

Love guards the heart from the abyss..

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

True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintellig….

Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance..

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relationships wi….

I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no p….