Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.

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

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.

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.

There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law.

On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly

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