I also had a brother who was like me a musician and a composer. A man of great talent, far more gifted than I. He died very young... he killed himself in the prime of his life.

You must renounce all superficiality, all convention, all vanity and delusion.

A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!

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.

It is easier to achieve a desired result in short pieces.

All that is not perfect down to the smallest detail is doomed to perish.