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.

There are two infinities: God and stupidity.

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

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Music is the most abstract of the arts and also the most physical....music is under two signs, the stars and the wine

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

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