I'm my own worst critic and I think everyone in the band is a perfectionist.
Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.
Music is the inarticulate speech of the heart, which cannot be compressed into words, because it is infinite.
I regard the Jewish race as the born enemy of pure humanity and everything that is noble in it.
Joy is not in things; it is in us.
The purpose of art: to make the unconscious conscious.
I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men; - I believe that he who once has bathed in the sublime delights of this high Art, is consecrate to Her for ever, and never can deny Her; - I believe that through Art all men are saved.
We are caught inside a mystery, veiled in an enigma, locked inside a riddle
To appreciate the beauty of a snow flake, it is necessary to stand out in the cold.
To allow oneself to be carried away by a multitude of conflicting concerns, to surrender to too many demands, to commit oneself to too many projects, to want to help everyone in everything, is to succumb to the violence of our times.
Winners aren't popular, losers often are.