My Health May Be Better Preserved If

There Is Nothing Greater Than The Joy Of Composing Something Oneself And Then Listening To It.

Is An Artist Much More Than A Beggar?

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.

The Tea Is Ice-cold, The Room Grows Colder And Colder, But I Grow Warmer And Warmer.

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