The Flame That Is Naturally Clear Always

"we Liked It" Or "i Didn't Like It" People Say. As If It Were Nothing Higher Than To Please The People!

To Compose Is To Remember Music That Has Never Been Written.

Music Owes As Much To Bach As Religion To Its Founder.

For Me Wagner Is Impossible... He Talks Without Ever Stopping. One Can't Just Talk All The Time.

An Evil Fate Has Deprived Me Of The Full Use Of My Right Hand, So That I Am Not Able To Play My Compositions As I Feel Them. The Trouble With My Hand Is That Certain Fingers Have Become So Weak, Probably Through Writing And Playing Too Much At One Time, That I Can Hardly Use Them.