The Real Art Of Conducting Consists In

I Don't Let Myself Get Carried Away By My Own Ideas; I Abandon 19 Out Of 20 Of Them Every Day.

If A Composer Could Say What He Had To Say In Words He Would Not Bother Trying To Say It In Music.

God Can Only Be Comprehended As Love.

If I Weren't The Way I Am, I Shouldn't Write My Symphonies.

To Write A Symphony Is, For Me, To Construct A World.