To Compose Is To Remember Music That

The Principal Mark Of Genius Is Not Perfection, But Originality.

Only When The Form Grows Clear To You, Will The Spirit Become So Too.

Believe Me, Were I Ever To Accomplish Anything, It Would Be In Music, Which Has Always Attracted Me; And, Without Overestimating Myself, I Am Conscious Of Possessing A Certain Creative Faculty.

Nature Best Teaches How To Pray, And How To Reverence All The Gifts The Almighty Has Given Us. She Is Like A Vast Outspread Handkerchief, Embroidered With God's Eternal Name, On Which We May Dry Alike Our Tears Of Sorrow And Of Joy; She Turns Weeping Into Ecstasy, And Fills Our Hearts With Speechless, Quiet Reverence And Resignation.

Confidence And Courage Are Special Skills To The Art ... Within The Four Walls Of His Study, The Artist Should Be Modest, Work Diligently And Conscientiously. While For The Public, He'll Show Himself Audacious, Yes Even Into Cheerful Boldness. And So A New Public's Darling Has Arisen.