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

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.

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.

Treasures are no longer to be got by instrumental art.

Your Thinking writes your Future &Your Action makes it.

There's a mess inside you: You clean the outside.

Harpists spend half their life tuning and the other half playing out of tune.

That's the thing about Aquaman that's cool is he's not an alien, right? He's from our planet, and he's from a society that we're not privy to in the context of the story.

The wrongdoer is more unfortunate than the man wronged.

I said about Van Jones . Be careful. This guy is extraordinarily dangerous and he is smart.

Success consists of a series of little daily efforts.

Your yes means nothing if you can't say no.

You never walk out of the gym and say, 'I shouldn't have gone.