When we separate music from life we get is art.

I was shocked at college to see one hundred of my classmates in the library all reading copies of the same book. Instead of doing as they did, I went into the stacks and read the first book written by an author whose name began with Z. I received the highest grade in the class. That convinced me that the institution was not being run correctly. I left.

Art's purpose is to sober and quiet the mind so that it is in accord with what happens.

To see, one must go beyond the imiagination and for that one must stand absolutely still as though at the center of a leap.

Look at everything. Don't close your eyes to the world around you. Look and become curious and interested in what there is to see.

Music is a means of rapid transportation.

When you make music you are acting as a philosopher. You can either do that consciously or you can do it unconsciously, but you're doing it.