In Bach, the vital cells of music are united as the world is in God.

Beauty and fullness of tone can be achieved by having the whole orchestra play with high clarinets and a carefully selected number of piccolos.

It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.

The real art of conducting consists in transitions.

It is a funny thing, but when I am making music, all the answers I seek for in life seem to be there, in the music. Or rather, I should say, when I am making music, there are no questions and no need for answers.

That which draws us by its mystical force; what every created thing, even the very stones, feels with absolute certainty as the center of its being... is the force of love. Christians call this "eternal blessedness." It is a necessity of man for growth and joy.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.