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).
Before I compose a piece, I walk round it several times, accompanied by myself.
Je suis venu au monde tres jeune dans un temps tres vieux
Opera is a musical scenery, a musical atmosphere in which the characters move and talk.
We should have a music of our own - if possible, without any Sauerkraut.
We cannot doubt that animals both love and practice music. That is evident. But it seems their musical system differs from ours. It is another school....We are not familiar with their didactic works. Perhaps they don't have any.