False Notes Can Be Forgiven, False Music

It Is One Thing To Be Gifted And Quite Another Thing To Be Worthy Of One's Own Gift.

The Art Of Music Is So Deep And Profound That To Approach It Very Seriously Only Is Not Enough. One Must Approach Music With A Serious Rigor And, At The Same Time, With A Great, Affectionate Joy.

Without A Strong Cup To Carry The Emotion, It Is Only A Curiosity. Great Art Can Come To Us Only In Strong Cups. Without Emotion, There Is Nothing To Carry.

Do Not Take Up Music Unless You Would Rather Die Than Not Do So.

In Music Everything Is Prolonged, Everything Is Edified, And When The Enchantment Has Ceased, We Are Still Bathed In Its Clarity; Solitude Is Accompanied By A New Hope Between Pity For Ourselves - Which Makes Us More Indulgent And More Understanding - And The Certitude Of Finding Something Again, That Which Lives For Ever In Music.