 I hope you will no longer accuse me of a lack of delicacy. as I now count on your understanding. |
| Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos. |
| The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks. |
| The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content. |
| To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole. |
| If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster. |
| Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand. |
| All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish. |
| It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces. |
| Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again. |
| It should be one's sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew. |
| Destiny smiles upon me but without making me the least bit happier. |
| It is strange how one feels drawn forward without knowing at first where one is going. |
| The longer you live and the more you learn, the more clearly you will feel the difference between the few men who are truly great and the mere virtuosi. |
| I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment. |
| In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience. |
| When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one. |
| Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way. |
| I am hitting my head against the walls, but the walls are giving way. |
| I have become a different person. I don't know whether this person is better, he certainly is not happier. |
