I Do Not Want Horses Or Diamonds

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.

My Health May Be Better Preserved If I Exert Myself Less, But In The End Doesn't Each Person Give His Life For His Calling?

Why Hurry Over Beautiful Things? Why Not Linger And Enjoy Them?

My Imagination Can Picture No Fairer Happiness Than To Continue Living For Art.

I Do Not Want Horses Or Diamonds - I Am Happy In Possessing You.