Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
Music is...the coordination between man and time.
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.