The music of the Gypsies belongs in the sphere of improvisation rather than in any other, without which it would have no power to exist.
From Franz Liszt
Music embodies feeling without forcing it to contend and combine with thought, as it is forced in most arts and especially in the art of words.
Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice.
It is impossible to imagine a more complete fusion with nature than that of the Gypsy.
The character of instrumental music... lets the emotions radiate and shine in their own character without presuming to display them as real or imaginary representations.
Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words.
Broad paths are open to every endeavour, and a sympathetic recognition is assured to every one who consecrates his art to the divine services of a conviction of a consciousness.
Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.
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.
Companions, in misery and worse, that is what we all are, and to try to change this substantially avails us nothing.
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