[on Richard Wagner] A Beautiful Sunset That

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

Music Begins Where Words Are Powerless To Express. Music Is Made For The Inexpressible. I Want Music To Seem To Rise From The Shadows And Indeed Sometimes To Return To Them.

There Is No Theory. You Merely Have To Listen. Pleasure Is The Law.

Art Is The Most Beautiful Deception Of All! And Although People Try To Incorporate The Everyday Events Of Life In It, We Must Hope That It Will Remain A Deception Lest It Become A Utilitarian Thing, Sad As A Factory.

Music Is The Space Between The Notes.