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

Artistic temperament is a disease that afflicts amateurs.

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

Music doesn't lie. If there is something to be changed in this world, then it can only happen through music.

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

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

The earth has music for those who listen.

We all know that art is not truth. Art is a lie that makes us realize the truth.

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

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music should be something that makes you gotta move, inside or outside

Let us read, and let us dance; these two amusements will never do any harm to the world.

Let silence be the art you practice.

Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time

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

The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance.

Everything in the universe has a rhythm, everything dances.

To play without passion is inexcusable!

Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.

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.

Once you become predictable, no one's interested anymore.