Do Nothing For Effect. Do It For

As Far As The Execution Is Concerned ... The Most Frequent And Most Serious Mistake Is To Follow The Music Instead Of Preceding It.

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

It Is Easier To Analyze A Work In Its Form, In Its Evolution, Than Simply To Love It With All The Living Forces Of Our Heart. It Is Easier To Define Its Peculiarities And Its Details Than To Draw Out Of It Its Emotion, Its Thought.

The Great Conductor Is Always A Despot By Temperament And Intractable In His Ways. ... The Artist Is Obliged To Keep His Laughter And Tears To Himself. If They Want To Emerge, In Spite Of Himself, Then He Must Hide Them Or Unleash Them In Someone Else.

A Great Work Is Made Out Of A Combination Of Obedience And Liberty.