"It was impossible for me to say to men speak louder, shout, for I am deaf."

"It is a fact that I have always placed my personal freedom before everything else."

"Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets, for it and knowledge can elevate man to the divine."

"I love a tree more than a man."

"I despise the world because it does not understand that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."