Art is never finished, only abandoned.

Critics are the men who have failed in literature and art.

You use a glass mirror to see your face; you use works of art to see your soul.

The earth has music for those who listen.

Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.

Music should strike fire from the heart of man, and bring tears from the eyes of woman.

Rhythm is something you either have or don't have, but when you have it, you have it all over.

The art of art, the glory of expression and the sunshine of the light of letters, is simplicity.

Poets and heroes are of the same race, the latter do what the former conceive.

After silence, that which comes nearest to expressing the inexpressible is music.

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

Art is permitted to survive only if it renounces the right to be different, and integrates itself into the omnipotent realm of the profane.

I have a genuine love affair with my audience. When I`m on stage they`re not privileged to see me. It`s a privilege for me to see them.

Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.

Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?

Music was my refuge. I could crawl into the space between the notes and curl my back to loneliness.

Intellectual passion drives out sensuality.

To play without passion is inexcusable!