If I Weren't The Way I Am,

Beauty And Fullness Of Tone Can Be Achieved By Having The Whole Orchestra Play With High Clarinets And A Carefully Selected Number Of Piccolos.

If A Composer Could Say What He Had To Say In Words He Would Not Bother Trying To Say It In Music.

In Bach, The Vital Cells Of Music Are United As The World Is In God.

Never Let Oneself Be Guided By The Opinion Of One's Contemporaries. Continue Steadfastly On One's Way.

What I Wanted And What I Visualized While Composing Has Not Always Been Realized.