If men of genius only knew what love their works inspire!

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Music and love are the wings of the soul.

Love cannot express the idea of music, while music may give an idea of love

It is not enough that the artist should be well prepared for the public. The public must be well prepared for what it is going to hear.

To render my works properly requires a combination of extreme precision and irresistible verve, a regulated vehemence, a dreamy tenderness, and an almost morbid melancholy.

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck.

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down.

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings.

Only by pairing knowledge with inspiration will art evolve. Without these conditions any musician will remain a flawed artist, if one may speak of an artist at all.

Bach is Bach just as God is God.

Whatever your dreams may be, never dismiss them as impossible. Always hope. Always try. You just never know when things will happen.

In books I have traveled, not only to other worlds, but into my own.

Introverts treasure the close relationships they have stretched so much to make.

The bad, icky and stinky things that happen sometimes should never be allowed to have an adverse effect over the good, lovely and beautiful things happening everyday.

My history teacher was so old, he taught from memory.

The art of stone in a Japanese garden is that of placement. Its ideal does not deviate from that of nature.

What this is about is hopefully an opportunity for me to help pave the way for my future in terms of getting financially choosier. You have to plan the windfall as if it'll be your only one.

If something isn't working, don't try harder or do more. Do something DIFFERENT.

Those who say "it's not personal, it's just business" are lying. All business is personal, and the best business is very personal.

Characteristics which define beauty are wholeness, harmony and radiance.