Only When The Form Grows Clear To

Without Enthusiasm Nothing Great Can Be Effected In Art.

Send Light To The Dark Hearts Of Men, That Is The Duty The Artist.

My Symphonies Would Have Reached Opus 100 If I Had But Written Them Down... Sometimes I Am So Full Of Music, And So Overflowing With Melody, That I Find It Simply Impossible To Write Down Anything.

I Feel So Entirely In My Element With A Full Orchestra; Even If My Mortal Enemies Were Marshalled Before Me, I Could Lead Them, Master Them, Surround Them, Or Repulse Them.

I Sometimes Lack Confidence In Public, Although I Am Proud Enough Inwardly.