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.
Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.
It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.