My things really are written with an appalling lack of practicality!
If there is anyone here whom I have not insulted, I beg his pardon.
It is a real pleasure to see music so bright and spontaneous expressed with corresponding ease and grace.
The only true immortality lies in one's children.
The idea comes to me from outside of me - and is like a gift. I then take the idea and make it my own - that is where the skill lies.
If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.