I know nothing new except that Herr Gellert, the Leipzig poet, is dead, and has written no more poetry since his death.

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.

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

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

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

If you would dance, my pretty Count, I'll play the tune on my little guitar..

You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak— that I think about it all day long— that I like experimenting— studying— reflecting.

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

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.

I write as a sow piddles.

We live in this world in order always to learn industriously and to enlighten each other by means of discussion and to strive vigorously to promote the progress of science and the fine arts.

Life was good. Everything was going right. It was almost scaring him because usually when things were going this well it was the calm before the storm hit.

To maintain your honesty, one must know to keep alive the spirit of chidhood

Mission 31 pays homage to my grandfather's work and all aquanauts who have since followed his lead in the name of ocean exploration.

Classic music will always come across better on the ice because skating has such a rich history, rooted in tradition.

To be reserved, secretive, with a passionate violence that causes suffering.

The national park is the best idea America ever had.

God's a funky little dude because everyone's looking for Him and no one can find Him.

I came from a very intellectual neighborhood. When we played cowboys and Indians as kids, I had to be Gandhi.

Christ is the foundation of all our hopes for time and for eternity. Oh, build on this divine foundation! All other foundations are sinking sand.

I never set out to be part of a genre, because I listen to all types of music.