Anyone Who Calls My Music "impressionist" Is

In Opera, There Is Always Too Much Singing.

Works Of Art Make Rules But Rules Do Not Make Works Of Art.

What I Am Trying To Do Is Something Different - An Effect Of Reality, But What Some Fools Call Impressionism, A Term That Is Usually Misapplied, Especially By The Critics Who Don't Hesitate To Apply It To Turner, The Greatest Creator Of Mysterious Effects In The Whole World Of Art.

If We Look At The Works Of Js Bach ... On Each Page We Discover Things Which We Thought Were Born Only Yesterday, From Delightful Arabesques To An Overflowing Of Religious Feeling Greater Than Anything We Have Since Discovered.

People Come To Music To Seek Oblivion: Is That Not Also A Form Of Deception?