I don't let myself get carried away by my own ideas; I abandon 19 out of 20 of them every day.

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

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

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

I am thrice homeless, as a native of Bohemia in Austria, as an Austrian among Germans, and as a Jew throughout the world. Everywhere an intruder, never welcomed.

To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.

Discipline, work. Work, discipline.