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

Let silence be the art you practice.

Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.

Real popular culture is folk art - coalminers' songs and so forth.

I paint objects as I think them, not as I see them.

The earth has music for those who listen.

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.

Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.

Music is the literature of the heart; it commences where speech ends.

The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

Music is the one incorporeal entrance into the higher world of knowledge which comprehends mankind but which mankind cannot comprehend.

An artist's duty is rather to stay open-minded and in a state where he can receive information and inspiration. You always have to be ready for that little artistic Epiphany.

Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.

The music industry can make you feel like a prostitute.

The absence of limitations is the enemy of art.

Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.

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

The purpose of a writer is to keep civilization from destroying itself.

I accept chaos, I'm not sure whether it accepts me.

Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.