Art always demands of us something new.

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

In the world of art, as in the whole of creation, freedom and progress are the main objectives.

Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

To do good whenever one can, to love liberty above all else, never to deny the truth, even though it be before the throne.

I love a tree more than a man.

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.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

Only the pure in heart can make a good soup.

I shall hear in heaven.

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

Music is like a dream. One that I cannot hear.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.

I know of no more sacred duty than to rear and educate a child.

Only art and science can raise men to the level of God.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

Even in poverty I lived like a king for I tell you that nobility is the thing that makes a king