Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux

My dream is to be played everywhere, not only at the Opera.

Experience is a form of paralysis.

I have never written a note I didn't mean.

Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.

I am by far your superior, but my notorious modesty prevents me from saying so.

Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.