Art! Who comprehends her? With whom can one consult concerning this great goddess?
The true art of memory is the art of attention.
Music with dinner is an insult, both to the cook and the violinist.
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.
A great poet is the most precious jewel of a nation.
Art not only imitates nature, but also completes its deficiencies.
Singers come and go, but if you're a good actor, you can last a long time
I don't know anything about music. In my line you don't have to.
Nature scarcely ever gives us the very best; for that we must have recourse to art.
The only escape from the miseries of life are music and cats...
And I'll stand on the ocean until I start sinking.
Art is always and everywhere the secret confession, and at the same time the immortal movement of its time
It's so sweet, I feel like my teeth are rotting when I listen to the radio.
Music in the soul can be heard by the universe.
I passionately hate the idea of being with it, I think an artist has always to be out of step with his time.
Painting is poetry that is seen rather than felt, and poetry is painting that is felt rather than seen.
Music can change the world because it can change people.
The man who writes about himself and his own time is the only man who writes about all people and all time.
Music melts all the separate parts of our bodies together.
Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life.