The art of translation lies less in knowing the other language than in knowing your own.

There are no fascinating people, only their works are fascinating.

The Great don't innovate, they fertilize seeds planted by lackeys, they leave to others the inhaling of the flowers whose roots they've manured. A deceptive memory may be the key to their originality.

The hardest of all the arts to speak of is music, because music has no meaning to speak of

Minor artists borrow, great ones steal.

I don't go to concerts much. I've heard everything. When I do go to movies, I walk out half the time. As for literature, I've read everything.

Music is the sole art which evokes nostalgia for the future.