Life Without Music Is Unthinkable.

I'm Not Interested In Having An Orchestra Sound Like Itself. I Want It To Sound Like The Composer.

I'm No Longer Quite Sure What The Question Is, But I Do Know That The Answer Is Yes.

The Most Difficult Instrument To Play In The Orchestra Is Second Fiddle.

I Hate You, Richard Wagner . . . But I Hate You On My Knees.

I Think It Is Time We Learned The Lesson Of Our Century: That The Progress Of The Human Spirit Must Keep Pace With Technological And Scientific Progress, Or That Spirit Will Die. It Is Incumbent On Our Educators To Remember This; And Music Is At The Top Of The Spiritual Must List. When The Study Of The Arts Leads To The Adoration Of The Formula (heaven Forbid), We Shall Be Lost. But As Long As We Insist On Maintaining Artistic Vitality, We Are Able To Hope In Man