I never force myself to be devout except when I feel so inspired, and never compose hymns of prayers unless I feel within me real and true devotion. Franz Schubert Read Quote
I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done. Franz Schubert Read Quote
Above all things, I must not get angry. If I do get angry I knock all the teeth out of the mouth of the poor wretch who has angered me. Franz Schubert Read Quote
One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art? Franz Schubert Read Quote
Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy. Franz Schubert Read Quote
You believe happiness to be derived from the place in which once you have been happy, but in truth it is centered in ourselves. Franz Schubert Read Quote
No one feels another’s grief, no one understands another’s joy. People imagine they can reach one another. In reality they only pass each other by. Franz Schubert Read Quote