The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.

I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part.

People don't very much like things that are beautiful - they are so far from their nasty little minds.

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous may happen.

The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.