"How great was the humiliation when one who stood beside me heard the distant sound of a shepherd's pipe, and I heard nothing; or heard the shepherd singing, and I heard nothing. Such experiences broug…"

"My compositions are not easily understood by the public."

"The more I think of it, the more I feel that there is something wrong with the whole business of publishing. The publishers are the real thieves."

"It is not the business of the artist to be happy."

"I wish you health, and hope that you will soon be able to do something for art, so that I may be able to see you again. Farewell, I wish you well."