Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.
I am one of those who will go on doing till all doings are at an end.
I cannot write poetically, for I am no poet. I cannot make fine artistic phrases that cast light and shadow, for I am no painter. I can neither by signs nor by pantomime express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer; but I can by tones, for I am a musician.
If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives.
My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please.