I Cannot Be So Bad When Everybody

Is An Artist Much More Than A Beggar?

Treasures Are No Longer To Be Got By Instrumental 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.

If I Have Known Much Trouble In My Youth, I Have Also Known Much Joy.

I Will Yield To Popular Demands Only Insofar As They Do Not Betray My Own Convictions.