It Is One Thing To Be Gifted

Do Not Take Up Music Unless You Would Rather Die Than Not Do So.

The History Of Harmony Is The History Of The Development Of The Human Ear, Which Has Gradually Assimilated, In Their Natural Order, The Successive Intervals Of The Harmonic Series.

[on The Music Of Richard Strauss:] Too Many Notes!

Music Was Not Invented By The Composer, But Found.

Everything We Know By Heart Enriches Us And Helps Us Find Ourselves. If It Should Get In The Way Of Finding Ourselves, It Is Because We Have No Personality.