The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts.

Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.

Joy is not in things; it is in us.

The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.

I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.

Never look at the trombones, it only encourages them.

Imagination creates reality.

The language of tones belongs equally to all mankind, and melody is the absolute language in which the musician speaks to every heart.

It is a truth forever, that where the speech of man stops short there Music's reign begins.

We must learn to die, and to die in the fullest sense of the word. The fear of the end is the source of all lovelessness

A political man is disgusting, but a political wife, horrible.

I dreamed that you bewitched me into bedAnd sung me moon-struck, kissed me quite insane.(I think I made you up inside my head.)

I give away examples!

No lifetime is long enough for those who wish to create, Raul. Or for those who simply wish to understand themselves and their lives. It is, perhaps, the curse of being human, but also a blessing.

The world that we live in is made up of two phases, the real world and the fantasy world

People with lots of doubts sometimes find life more oppressive and exhausting than others, but they're more energetic - they aren't robots.

If you look up feminist in the dictionary, it just means someone who believes men and women have equal rights.

To doubt is to have faith in the worst possible outcome.

All of my friends are my age and we are all ageing at the same time. We talk about it and moan, but it doesn't bother me.

I'll never forget my first words in the theatre. "Peanuts. Popcorn."

Shop for security over happiness and we buy it at that price.