“I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.”

“Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?”

“My health may be better preserved if I exert myself less, but in the end doesn't each person give his life for his calling?”

“I do not want horses or diamonds - I am happy in possessing you.”

“My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.”

“He gives me the impression of being a spoilt child.(on Liszt)”