"Germany appeared in my eyes a very tiny portion of the earth. I had emerged from abstract Mysticism, and I learnt a l…"

"The July Revolution took place; with one bound I became a revolutionist, and acquired the conviction that every decen…"

"Recently, while I was in the street, my eye was caught by a poulterer's shop; I stared unthinkingly at his piled-up w…"

"I had translated the first twelve books of the Odyssey. For a while I learnt English also, merely so as to gain an ac…"

"It is necessary for us to explain the involuntary repugnance we possess for the nature and personality of the Jews … …"

"I believe in God; and Mozart, and Beethoven as his only sons."

"The error in the art-genre of Opera consists herein: a Means of expression (Music) has been made the end, while the E…"

"Die schwache Stunde kommt für jeden, da wird er dumm und lässt mit sich reden."

"The oldest, truest, most beautiful organ of music, the origin to which alone our music owes its being, is the human v…"

"The utter childishness of our provincial public's verdict upon any art-manifestation that may chance to make its firs…"