Is an artist much more than a beggar?

Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?

I once believed that I possessed creative talent, but I have given up this idea; a woman must not desire to compose — there has never yet been one able to do it. Should I expect to be the one?

My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.

Composing gives me great pleasure... there is nothing that surpasses the joy of creation, if only because through it one wins hours of self-forgetfulness, when one lives in a world of sound.

There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.

I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.

I will yield to popular demands only insofar as they do not betray my own convictions.

I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.

My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?

If I have known much trouble in my youth, I have also known much joy.

Nature is made of vibrations of Love.

Don't look backwards. That never does any good. Think about the future instead.

Memories are the only moments when smiling & crying takes place at the same moment.

Genius is always allowed some leeway, once the hammer has been pried from its hands and the blood has been cleaned up.

It does make me sad that there's a lot of great songs out there, and they're not going to see the light of day because they're competing with these tailgate songs.

The flag represents all the values and the liberties Americans have and enjoy everyday.

I do love horror movies, but I'm not the kind of guy who would dress up as a ghoul for Halloween. I might go as a member of the Blue Man Group.

People who oppose Obama are said to be racists - so I guess I'm a racist.

There are three masks: the one we think we are, the one we really are, and the one we have in common

Some of the best things I have ever thought of I have thought of during bad sermons.