If I tell the Berliners to step forward, they do it. If I tell the Viennese to step forward, they do it, but then they ask why.
No music is vulgar, unless it is played in a way that makes it so.
The art of conducting consists in knowing when to stop conducting to let the orchestra play.
He who reaches all his goals has probably not chosen them high enough.
Quick music sounds dull unless every note is articulated.
Those who have achieved all their aims probably set them too low.