Without Order There Can Be No Inner

The Essential Conditions Of Everything You Do Must Be Choice, Love, Passion.

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.

The Art Of Music Is So Deep And Profound That To Approach It Very Seriously Only Is Not Enough. One Must Approach Music With A Serious Rigor And, At The Same Time, With A Great, Affectionate Joy.

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

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