You Cannot Imagine How It Spoils One

I Did Not Compose My Work As One Might Put On A Church Vestment... Rather It Sprung From The Truly Fervent Faith Of My Heart, Such As I Have Felt It Since My Childhood.

The First Impulse Of A Great Number Of Civilized Musicians... Is To Protest Ourdeclaration That The Music In Hungary Belongs To The Gypsies.

Inspiration Is Enough To Give Expression To The Tone In Singing, Especially When The Song Is Without Words.

The Character Of Instrumental Music... Lets The Emotions Radiate And Shine In Their Own Character Without Presuming To Display Them As Real Or Imaginary Representations.

My Mind And Fingers Have Worked Like The Damned. Homer, The Bible, Plato, Locke, Lamartine, Chateaubriand, Beethoven, Bach, Hummel, Mozart, Weber Are All Around Me. I Study Them. I Devour Them With Fury.