A Symphony Must Be Like The World.

In The Theatrical Works We Love And Admire The Most, The Ending Of The Drama Generally Takes Place Offstage.

I Also Had A Brother Who Was Like Me A Musician And A Composer. A Man Of Great Talent, Far More Gifted Than I. He Died Very Young... He Killed Himself In The Prime Of His Life.

Never Let Oneself Be Guided By The Opinion Of One's Contemporaries. Continue Steadfastly On One's Way.

It Is Always The Same With Me; Only When I Experience Something Do I Compose, And Only When Composing Do I Experience! After All, A Musician's Nature Can Hardly Be Expressed In Words.

You Must Renounce All Superficiality, All Convention, All Vanity And Delusion.