I Will Yield To Popular Demands Only

I Do Not Want Horses Or Diamonds - I Am Happy In Possessing You.

I Once Believed That I Possessed Creative Talent, But I Have Given Up This Idea; A Woman Must Not Desire To Compose — There Has Never Yet Been One Able To Do It. Should I Expect To Be The One?

Is An Artist Much More Than A Beggar?

Composing Gives Me Great Pleasure... There Is Nothing That Surpasses The Joy Of Creation, If Only Because Through It One Wins Hours Of Self-forgetfulness, When One Lives In A World Of Sound.

Treasures Are No Longer To Be Got By Instrumental Art.