In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.
What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.
Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.
Anyone who tells a lie has not a pure heart, and cannot make a good soup.
Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]
I shall hear in heaven.
I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.
The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.
I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.
Men are not only together when they are with each other; even the distant and the dead live with us.
What will be the judgment a century hence concerning the lorded works of our favorite composers today? Inasmuch as nearly everything is subject to the changes of time, and - more's the pity- the fashions of time, only that which is good and true will endure like a rock and no wanton hand will ever venture to defile it. Then, let every man do that which is right, strive with all his might towards the goal which can never be obtained, develop to the last breath the gifts with which the gracious Creator has endowed him, and never cease to learn. For life is short, art eternal.
Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king
To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.
Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.
Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?
Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.
Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.
How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.
Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.
This is the mark of a really admirable man: steadfastness in the face of trouble.
Art always demands of us something new.
There is no greater pleasure for me than to practice and exhibit my art.
From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape. I pursue it. Breathless I catch up with it. It flies again, it disappears, it plunges into a chaos of diverse emotions. I catch it again, I seize it, I embrace it with delight... I multiply it by modulations, and at last I triumph in the first theme. There is the whole symphony.
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