Composing for the prepared piano is not a criticism of the instrument. I'm only being practical.
Everything I see is something I haven't memorized.
Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.
When I went to the analyst for a kind of preliminary meeting, he said, 'I'll be able to fix you so that you'll write much more music than you do now.' I said, 'Good heavens! I already write too much, it seems to me.' That promise of his put me off.
It's useless to play lullabies for those who cannot sleep.
The highest purpose is to have no purpose at all. This puts one in accord with nature, in her manner of operation.