[on The Music Of Richard

As Far As The Execution Is Concerned ... The Most Frequent And Most Serious Mistake Is To Follow The Music Instead Of Preceding It.

Great Art Likes Chains. The Greatest Artists Have Created Art Within Bounds. Or Else They Have Created Their Own Chains.

Music Was Not Invented By The Composer, But Found.

Words Created Divergencies Between Beings, Because Their Precise Meanings Put An Opinion Around The Idea. Music Only Retains The Highest And Purest Substance Of The Idea, Since It Has The Privilege Of Expressing All, Whilst Excluding Nothing.

[on The Music Of Richard Strauss:] Too Many Notes!