If I Have Known Much Trouble In

There Is Nothing Greater Than The Joy Of Composing Something Oneself And Then Listening To It.

Treasures Are No Longer To Be Got By Instrumental Art.

I Will Yield To Popular Demands Only Insofar As They Do Not Betray My Own Convictions.

I Wish To Lead A Life Free From Care, And I See That I Shall Be Unhappy If I Cannot Always Work At My Art.

Composing Gives Me Great Pleasure... There Is Nothing That Surpasses The Joy Of Creation, If Only Because Through It One Wins Hours Of Self-forgetfulness, When One Lives In A World Of Sound.