If I Am Not Making Music, I

Do Not Allow The Accents In The Brass To Produce Space Between The Notes.

[on Richard Wagner] A Beautiful Sunset That Was Mistaken For A Dawn.

People Don't Very Much Like Things That Are Beautiful - They Are So Far From Their Nasty Little Minds.

Music Is The Expression Of The Movement Of The Waters, The Play Of Curves Described By Changing Breezes.

What I Am Trying To Do Is Something Different - An Effect Of Reality, But What Some Fools Call Impressionism, A Term That Is Usually Misapplied, Especially By The Critics Who Don't Hesitate To Apply It To Turner, The Greatest Creator Of Mysterious Effects In The Whole World Of Art.