I am not fond of speaking about politics because I don't have in my possession an army of 200,000 soldiers.

Music is the heart of life." She speaks love; "without it, there is no possible good and with it everything is beautiful.

In life one must decide whether to conjugate the verb to have or the verb to be.

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

I carry a deep sadness of the heart which must now and then break out in sound.

Beware of missing chances; otherwise it may be altogether too late some day.

My sole ambition as a composer is to hurl my javelin into the infinite space of the future.

In Hungary all native music, in its origin, is divided naturally into melody destined for song or melody for the dance.

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.

Mournful and yet grand is the destiny of the artist.

A person of any mental quality has ideas of his own. This is common sense.

It’s natural that self-discovery is a lifelong, ever-shifting process, and that what you are drawn to will likely change at various points in your life.

During the election in 1989, there was the first Soviet election with alternative candidates to local government. I myself arranged special training for them.

There was a theft! But, of course, if it was up to me, every two years I would win an Oscar.

Hope you're keeping the dust out of your eyes and your feet off the ground.

Whether the object of your faith is real or false, you will get results. Your subconscious mind responds to the thought in your mind. Look upon faith as a thought in your mind and that will suffice.

I don't know what's better gettin' laid or gettin' paid.

The world easily finds an honourable place for the magician who produces new and dazzling things.

Unconditional love will have the final word in reality.

Commies love concrete.

I know I am deathless. No doubt I have died myself ten thousand times before. I laugh at what you call dissolution, and I know the amplitude of time.