We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.

Let us take our children seriously! Everything else follows from this...only the best is good enough for a child.

We should read music in the same way that an educated adult will read a book: in silence, but imagining the sound.

The laws of morals and the laws of music are the same

Real art is one of the most powerful forces in the rise of mankind, and he who renders it accessible to as many people as possible is a benefactor of humanity.

I would advise my young colleagues, the composers of symphonies, to drop in sometimes at the kindergarten, too. It is there that it is decided whether there will be anybody to understand their works in twenty years time.

It is our firm conviction that mankind will live the happier when it has learned to live with music more worthily. Whoever works to promote this end, in one way or another, has not lived in vain.