Spring won't let me stay in this house any longer! I must get out and breathe the air deeply again.

For the last month I have been a strict vegetarian. The moral effects of this regime are immense, owing to the voluntary subjugation of the flesh and the resulting absence of desires. You will appreciate how full I am of this idea when I tell you that I expect it to work the regeneration of mankind. I advise you to change over to a natural way of life, with proper nourishment (wholemeal bread), and you will soon feel the benefit.

In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.

It's not just a question of conquering a summit previously unknown, but of tracing, step by step, a new pathway to it.

Tradition is laziness.

It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all, a musician's nature can hardly be expressed in words.

To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.