Discipline, Work. Work, Discipline.

It Is Always The Same With Me; Only When I Experience Something Do I Compose, And Only When Composing Do I Experience! After All, A Musician's Nature Can Hardly Be Expressed In Words.

It Is Easier To Achieve A Desired Result In Short Pieces.

For The Last Month I Have Been A Strict Vegetarian. The Moral Effects Of This Regime Are Immense, Owing To The Voluntary Subjugation Of The Flesh And The Resulting Absence Of Desires. You Will Appreciate How Full I Am Of This Idea When I Tell You That I Expect It To Work The Regeneration Of Mankind. I Advise You To Change Over To A Natural Way Of Life, With Proper Nourishment (wholemeal Bread), And You Will Soon Feel The Benefit.

A Symphony Must Be Like The World. It Must Contain Everything.

The Further The Music Develops, The More Complex The Apparatus Used By The Composer To Express His Thoughts Becomes.