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

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can infuse it with youthful vigor.

In every domain of art, a work that corresponds to the need of its day carries a message of social and cultural value. It is the artist who crystallizes his age ... who fixes his time in history.

The present day composer refuses to die.

There are two infinities: God and stupidity.

I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.