Compose in the sequence of the musical phrase, not in sequence of a metronome.
Pay no attention to the criticism of men who have never themselves written a notable work.
A great age of literature is perhaps always a great age of translations.
The rustling of the silk is discontinued, Dust drifts over the courtyard, There is not sound of footfall, and the leaves Scurry into heaps and lie still, And she the rejoicer of the heart is beneath them: A wet leaf that clings to the threshold.
The worst mistake I made was that stupid, suburban prejudice of anti-Semitism.
No teacher has ever failed from ignorance. That is empiric professional knowledge. Teachers fail because they cannot `handle the class.' Real education must ultimately be limited to men how INSIST on knowing, the rest is mere sheep-herding.