The Only True Immortality Lies In One's

Straightaway The Ideas Flow In Upon Me, Directly From God.

Reviewer: 'one Of Your Themes Was Very Similar To One Of Beethoven's!' Brahms Replied, 'of Course It Is. Everyone Steals - The Important Thing Is To Do It Brilliantly.

If We Cannot Write With The Beauty Of Mozart, Let Us At Least Try To Write With His Purity.

Without Craftsmanship, Inspiration Is A Mere Reed Shaken In The Wind.

I Sometimes Ponder On Variation Form And It Seems To Me It Ought To Be More Restrained, Purer.