A Symphony Must Be Like The World.

Never Let Oneself Be Guided By The Opinion Of One's Contemporaries. Continue Steadfastly On One's Way.

Tradition Is Laziness.

It's Not Just A Question Of Conquering A Summit Previously Unknown, But Of Tracing, Step By Step, A New Pathway To It.

What I Wanted And What I Visualized While Composing Has Not Always Been Realized.

Both My Marriages Were Failures! Number One Departed, And Number Two Stayed