“Bruckner he is my man!”

“I know of only one composer who measures up to Beethoven, and that is Bruckner.”

“Many's the man/ who thought himself wise/ but what he needed/ he did not know...”

“I believe in God, Mozart and Beethoven, and likewise their disciples and apostles; - I believe in the Holy Spirit and the truth of the one, indivisible Art; - I believe that this Art proceeds from God, and lives within the hearts of all illumined men; - I believe that he who once has bathed in the sublime delights of this high Art, is consecrate to Her for ever, and never can deny Her; - I believe that through Art all men are saved.”

“Joy is not in things; it is in us”

“Der Gesang ist die in höchster Leidenschaft erregte Rede: die Musik ist die Sprache der Leidenschaft.”

“One might say that where Religion becomes artificial, it is reserved for Art to save the spirit of religion.”