Creativity Is The Firing Of My Soul.

I Really Do Not Aim At Any Originality.

When I Am At Peace With Myself . . . Then Thoughts Flow Into Me Most Easily And At Their Best. Where They Come From And How - That I Cannot Say . . . I'd Be Willing To Work Forever And Forever If I Were Permitted To Write Only Such Music As I Want To Write And Can Write - Which I Myself Think Good.

The Most Necessary, Most Difficult And Principal Thing In Music, That Is Time.

Music Is My Life And My Life Is Music.

Music, In Even The Most Terrible Situations, Must Never Offend The Ear But Always Remain A Source Of Pleasure.