I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street any more without a convoy, and I am stared at wherever I go like an idiot member of a royal family or an animal in a zoo; and zoo animals have been known to die from stares.