It should be oneโs sole endeavor to see everything afresh and create it anew.
Tradition is the spreading of fire and not the veneration of ashes.
To judge a composer's work, one must consider it as a whole.
Tradition is laziness.
In the theatrical works we love and admire the most, the ending of the drama generally takes place offstage.
If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.