The joy of youth is to disobey; but the trouble is that there are no longer any orders.
Look out! Be on your guard, because alone of all the arts, music moves all around you.
Poetry is indispensable - if I only knew what for.
The audience bursts into laughter. With the tragic gag I don't expect the audience to laugh (if they do, I have failed) but I expect a black silence from them that is almost as violent: as laughter.
The artist is a kind of prison from which the works of art escape.
The ultimate politeness in art consists of speaking only to those who are able to uncover and measure its relationships. Anything else is symbolic, and symbolism is merely transcendental imagery.