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).

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

Experience is a form of paralysis.

The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest.

I liked the bit about quarter to eleven.

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

Last year I gave several lectures on "Intelligence and Musicality among Animals" ... Today I am going to speak to you about "Intelligence and Musicality among Critics" ... The subject is much the same, with some modifications, of course.