The arts is the only truth that cannot be verified.

A composer constantly seeking for the unheard is a close shaved tiger.

No matter if you burn bridges behind you, as long as you don’t burn them in front of you.

Castles are built by faith. Their walls and moats by religion.

Originality in the arts grows out of force - not by force.

If I could choose the disease that is going to kill me, I’d pick the Stendhal syndrome.

Music is the shortest way to heaven, except for the composer. For her that road is endless.

Creating a piece of art is a sense. Its purpose is a sophisticated error.

To use power is ultimately to not use power.

A piece of art is the most divine deed a man can do. God is the most human piece of art.

A critic - the oldest profession in the world.

If one picture tells more than a thousand words, then one tone tells more than thousand pictures. Music escapes explanation.