Tradition is laziness.
The point is not to take the world's opinion as a guiding star but to go one's way in life and working unerringly, neither depressed by failure nor seduced by applause.
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.
It should be one’s sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.
A full cup of wine at the right time is worth more than all the kingdoms of this earth!