We need improvement in the style of performance. There is no more advantage in a musician who plays and conducts than in one who is only a beater of rhythm.

Quote by Franz Liszt

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As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one...

As the mother teaches her children how to express themselves in their language, so one...

Truth is a great flirt.

Truth is a great flirt.

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather...

I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather...

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.

I foster a sorrowful conception of affection. Make no sacrifices.

Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every...

Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every...

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the...

Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the...

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

Brahms' Variations are better than mine, but mine were written before his.

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide...

Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide...

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to...

Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to...

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for...

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for...

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is...

Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is...

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks...

I conclude that the Wagnerian operas which are already in the repertoire, and other masterworks...

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of...

Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of...

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the...

It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the...

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song...

Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song...

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to...

The principal task of a conductor is not to put himself in evidence but to...

I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are...

I find little in the works of Beethoven, Berlioz, Wagner and others when they are...