The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.

Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.

My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.