The art of music is so deep and profound that to approach it very seriously only is not enough. One must approach music with a serious rigor and, at the same time, with a great, affectionate joy.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

A great work is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty.

Liberty has never come from the government. Liberty has always come from the subjects of it. The history of liberty is a history of resistance. The history of liberty is a history of limitations of governmental power, not the increase of it.

A great work of art is made out of a combination of obedience and liberty

Do not take up music unless you would rather die than not do so