"I am a very stubborn man. I never give up."

"Beauty is certainly a thing that exists, but it has no absolute value."

"That is why I compulsively let myself be carried away by external commitments."

"My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles."

"I come to Italy [1935] not only to make music, but also to be in a country that is moving forward vigorously, that affirms itself ever more rigorously, in which one sees everywhere the imprint, and on…"