Great Art Likes Chains. The Greatest Artists

Loving A Child Doesn't Mean Giving In To All His Whims; To Love Him Is To Bring Out The Best In Him, To Teach Him To Love What Is Difficult.

I've Been A Woman For A Little Over 50 Years And Have Gotten Over My Initial Astonishment. As For Conducting An Orchestra, That's A Job Where I Don't Think Sex Plays Much Part.

The Art Of Music Is So Deep And Profound That To Approach It Very Seriously Only Is Not Enough. One Must Approach Music With A Serious Rigor And, At The Same Time, With A Great, Affectionate Joy.

Words Created Divergencies Between Beings, Because Their Precise Meanings Put An Opinion Around The Idea. Music Only Retains The Highest And Purest Substance Of The Idea, Since It Has The Privilege Of Expressing All, Whilst Excluding Nothing.

To Study Music, We Must Learn The Rules. To Create Music, We Must Break Them.