Discipline, Work. Work, Discipline.

I Have Become A Different Person. I Don't Know Whether This Person Is Better, He Certainly Is Not Happier.

To Write A Symphony Is, For Me, To Construct A World.

When I Have Reached A Summit, I Leave It With Great Reluctance, Unless It Is To Reach For Another, Higher One.

Beauty And Fullness Of Tone Can Be Achieved By Having The Whole Orchestra Play With High Clarinets And A Carefully Selected Number Of Piccolos.

Don't Bother Looking At The View - I Have Already Composed It.