I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.

The present day composer refuses to die.

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different shapes or groups of sound constantly changing in shape, direction, and speed, attracted and repulsed by various forces.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity.

No matter how consummate a work of art may seem, it is only an approximation of the original conception. It is the artist's consciousness of this discrepancy between his conception and the realization that assures his progress.

I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards it is the listener who must experiment.