Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.

Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times.

The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.

Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.

It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as judges of works of art.