Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.
To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
I don't choose what I compose. It chooses me.
In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.
Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.
Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.