Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

The finest singing, given a good voice to begin with, comes from the constant play of a fine mind upon the inner meaning of the music.

For my part, if I had the power I would insist on all oratorios being sung in the costume of the period - with a possible exception in the case of the Creation.

The great-at-anything do not set to work because they are inspired, but rather become inspired because they are working. They don't waste time waiting for inspiration.

You may help a lame dog over a stile but he is still a lame dog on the other side.

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.