Teaching is not a lost art, but the regard for it is a losttradition.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils.

Time is a great teacher, but unfortunately it kills all its pupils

At least I have the modesty to admit that lack of modesty is one of my failings

The luck of having talent is not enough; one must also have a talent for luck

Every composer knows the anguish and despair occasioned by forgetting ideas which one had no time to write down