I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.

Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.

Conformism is so hot on the heels of the mass-produced avant-garde that the 'ins' and the 'outs' change places with the speed of mach 3.

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.

I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.