Intelligence is silence, truth is being invisible. But what a racket I make in declaring this.

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

If music could be translated into human speech, it would no longer need to exist.

Intelligence is silence, truth is being invisible. But what a racket I make in declaring this.

Don't be too dismissive of children. While it's true that few children are artists, all artists are children.

Anyone can be gay - it's no accomplishment - but only I can be me.

If a composer could state in words what being a composer means, he would no longer need to be a composer.