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"A theatre receives recognition through its initiative, which is indispensable for first-rate performances."
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"First of all, you have to understand that I'm like anybody else. When I hear my voice on a record I absolutely loathe my voice. I cannot stand my voice."

"After the first exams, I switched to the Faculty of Philosophy and studied Zoology in Munich and Vienna."
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"Supreme serenity still remains the Ideal of great Art. The shapes and transitory forms of life are but stages toward this Ideal, which Christ's religion illuminates with His divine light."

"It is my fervent wish and my greatest ambition to leave a work with a few useful instructions for the pianists after me."

"Real men are sadly lacking in this world, for when they are put to the test they prove worthless."

"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."

"I did not compose my work as one might put on a church vestment... rather it sprung from the truly fervent faith of my heart, such as I have felt it since my childhood."

"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."

"Inspiration is enough to give expression to the tone in singing, especially when the song is without words."

"Life is only a long and bitter suicide, and faith alone can transform this suicide into a sacrifice."
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