To write a symphony is, for me, to construct a world.
The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.
A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.
If you think you're boring your audience, go slower not faster.
Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.
The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.