Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.
Experience is a form of paralysis.
Why attack God? He may be as miserable as we are.
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
I eat only white foods: eggs, sugar, grated bones, the fat of dead animals; veal, salt, coconut, chicken cooked in white water; fruit mold, rice, turnips; camphorated sausage, dough, cheese (white), cotton salad, and certain fish (skinless).