"I have no fear of death, only of not having created enough."

"My entire future depends on whether I shall succeed in getting a silk dressing-gown, two pairs of silk stockings, and a new hat."

"My dreams are full of music, and I often wake up with melodies in my head."

"I am the last of the romantics, and the first of the moderns."

"As long as the Jew remains a Jew, he will be a stranger in our midst."