Artistic talent is a gift from God and whoever discovers it in himself has a certain obligation: to know that he cannot waste this talent, but must develop it.
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.
Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.
Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.
I love rock-n-roll. I think it's an exciting art form. It's revolutionary. Still revolutionary and it changed people. It changed their hearts. But yeah, even rock-n-roll has a lot of rubbish, really bad music.
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.
Art is never finished, only abandoned.
Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
What is written without effort is in general read without pleasure.
The earth has music for those who listen.
Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.
Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.
We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
To play without passion is inexcusable!
The spoken form is in fact a very restrained representation of what is possible in the musical language.