Melodic invention is one of the surest signs of a divine gift.
Tradition is not the worship of ashes, but the preservation of fire.
The call of love sounds very hollow among these immobile rocks.
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
The real art of conducting consists in transitions.
I was a crazy young man who let himself be blinded by his passions and obeyed only the impulses of the moment.