The Public Is Always Good.

My Sole Ambition As A Composer Is To Hurl My Javelin Into The Infinite Space Of The Future.

Oral Musical Traditions Are Rooted In Assured And Scrupulous Faith.

Brahms' Variations Are Better Than Mine, But Mine Were Written Before His.

The Character Of Instrumental Music... Lets The Emotions Radiate And Shine In Their Own Character Without Presuming To Display Them As Real Or Imaginary Representations.

I Did Not Compose My Work As One Might Put On A Church Vestment... Rather It Sprung From The Truly Fervent Faith Of My Heart, Such As I Have Felt It Since My Childhood.