If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.

The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.

Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.

Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.

No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.

He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough.

Greatness can be bought with the currency of time.

In days that follow, I discover that anger is easier to handle than grief.

Poetry has saved me on occasions when people couldn't.

To be a mirror of God’s love is to show Jesus by one’s way of living

She had awoken this morning and slipped the amethyst ring off her finger. It had felt liked a blessed release, a final shadow lifted from her heart.

Spend time every day listening to what your muse is trying to tell you.

The Way of a Warrior is to establish harmony.

That's not a real answer.' Says who?' Says me. I mean real fear, like of failure, of death, of regret. Like that. Something that keeps you awake nights, questioning your very existence.' Clowns.

Live in the layers, not on the litter.

My Dad wanted me to be able to play with him and my brothers. I was the only girl!