I think that's easier to read. Pardon me. Less difficult to read.
Why hurry over beautiful things? Why not linger and enjoy them?
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?
My imagination can picture no fairer happiness than to continue living for art.
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.
There is nothing greater than the joy of composing something oneself and then listening to it.
I wish to lead a life free from care, and I see that I shall be unhappy if I cannot always work at my art.
All science is experiential; but all experience must be related back to and derives its its validity from the conditions and context of consciousness in which it arises, i. e. , the totality of our nature.
A woman went so far as to hire private detectives to contact me to help bring her out of what she called a hypnotic trance.
Some venues are more intimidating than others, but as professional players you enjoy the intimidating places more than the other kind.
The farmers are the founders of civilization.