人都需要娛樂和變換興趣，以防止變得遲鈍、呆滯和智力上的閉塞。

靈感全然不是漂亮地揮著手，而是如健牛般竭盡全力工作的心理狀態。

音樂是比一切智慧、一切哲學更高的啟示，誰能滲透我音樂的意義，便能超脫尋常人無以自拔的苦難。

生活的苦難壓不垮我。我心中的歡樂不是我自己的，我把歡樂注進音樂，為的是讓全世界感到歡樂。

最好的音樂是這種音樂，它能夠使最優秀、最有教養的人快樂，特別是使那個在品德和修養上最為卓越的一個人快樂。

音樂是心靈的迸發。它不象化學那樣能進行實驗分析。對偉大的音樂來說只有一種真正的特性，那就是感情。

人們時常埋怨音樂是這樣的模糊，聽音樂時，簡直不知如何去想才好。但每個人對文學總是能夠理解的。不過，對我來說……一首我喜愛的樂曲所傳達給我的思想和意義是不能用語言表達的。這不是因為音樂不夠具體，而是因為它太具體了。因此，我發現：每當我試圖用文字或語言來說明一段音樂時，好象是說過了，但又好象說的都不令人滿意。

音樂是一種語言，它能確切地反映個人和人民的精神品質。

在真正的音樂中，充滿了一千種心靈的感受，比言詞更好得多。

藝術的真正意義在於使人幸福，使人得到鼓舞和力量。

音樂是比一切智慧、一切哲學更高的啟示。

音樂只對安寧的心境具有魅力

音樂，是人生最大的快樂；音樂，是生活中的一股清流；首先，是陶冶性情的熔爐。

音樂表達的是無法用語言描述，卻又不可能對其保持沉默的東西。

音樂不只是表達的藝術，它還是能引起激動的藝術。

音樂歌頌人們的生活，引導人們走向光明的未來。

音樂家必須不斷地反身自省，培養自己最內在的東西，以便使它轉向外界。

音樂家的藝術不在於直接描繪形象，而在於把心靈置於這些物件能夠在心靈裡創造的情緒中去。

音樂教育並不是音樂家的教育，而首先是人的教育。

音樂教育——不是培養音樂家，首先是培養人。

音樂教育除了非常注重道德和社會目的外，必須把美的東西作為自己的目的來探求，把人教育成美和善的。

音樂是不假任何外力，直接沁人心脾的最純的感情的火焰；它是從口吸入的空氣，它是生命的血管中流通著的血液。

We acquire a testimony of the principles of the gospel by obediently trying to live them.

I started with things that I was troubled by or confused by or interested in, and then I wrote stories to try to puzzle my way through it. But the question is not how to represent war, because it's an abstract thing that's felt differently for all the characters.

If we can keep our competitors focused on us while we stay focused on the customer ultimately well turn out all right.

The Greek people do not want to exit the euro. And I believe the Greek people already have shown that they have made major sacrifices to stay in the euro zone.

While it is true that we must seek value added industries like food processing plants and call center operations, we must do what is necessary to expand and develop our economic profile.

I think experience is a terribly overrated idea when it comes to thinking about who should become president.

People think about the world of TV and the world of online video as being different ways to distribute video. But what happens when every TV is connected to wi-fi with a browser?

I see good personal financial management as setting - and keeping - a budget.

As a musician, you just want to be able to do what you love.

Whoever is for higher taxes, feel free to pay higher taxes.

The whole difference between construction and creation is exactly this: that a thing constructed can only be loved after it is constructed; but a thing created is loved before it exists.

I have no intention of running for office again.

I've learned in most areas of my life, to bounce heated choices off other people. Co-workers, my agent, my wife, a sponsor, etc. A majority of the time, that keeps me on the right side of things.

The really tough thing about humility is you cant brag about it.

The most difficult part of making movies is to keep making them. Maybe, you could make the biggest hit in the world, but then the big problem is what to do next and how to maintain devoted to a certain instinct that I have about films.

My novels are about the European reality, not about chases. You want chases, get somebody else's books.

If the weather is good I go into the nearby wood - there I am painting a small beech forest (in the sun) with a few conifers mixed in. This takes until 8 'o clock.

Influential people aren't buffeted by the latest trend or by public opinion. They form their opinions carefully, based on the facts. They're more than willing to change their mind when the facts support it, but they aren't influenced by what other people think - only by what they know.

Don't get me wrong. I want people to know who I am.

Cole Haan is like high fashion Nike, so you feel like you're wearing Nike shoes, but you're wearing heels. Every time I'm on a red carpet, I always either wear Cole Haan or Stuart Weitzman. You end up having to walk around all night in these heels and you want to be comfortable and not look like you're in pain. It definitely shows in pictures.

In a world that is more interconnected and interdependent than ever before, it is critical that we work together to uphold the norms and statutes that keep our citizens safe, our countries secure, and our economies fair.

A pastry chef's lifespan in a restaurant is limited. You have to open a bakery or pastry shop. There's only so far you can go in a restaurant.

When I was 13, my family moved from a suburb of New York City to Miami, Florida, and we moved there the Friday before Labor Day weekend.

Mind cannot think without duality. Duality is the way of thinking. In silence all dualities disappear.