[on Richard Wagner] A Beautiful Sunset That

The Attraction Of The Virtuoso For The Public Is Very Like That Of The Circus For The Crowd. There Is Always The Hope That Something Dangerous May Happen.

On Those Who Overanalyze His Music: When You Tear The Wings Off A Butterfly, It Is No Longer A Butterfly

He Was The Incomparable Painter Of Mystery, Silence, And The Infinite, Of The Passing Cloud, And The Sunlit Shimmer Of The Waves-subleties Which None Before Him Had Been Capable Of Suggesting.

If We Look At The Works Of Js Bach ... On Each Page We Discover Things Which We Thought Were Born Only Yesterday, From Delightful Arabesques To An Overflowing Of Religious Feeling Greater Than Anything We Have Since Discovered.

I Love Music Passionately. And Because I Love It I Try To Free It From Barren Traditions That Stifle It.