Mournful And Yet Grand Is The Destiny

It Is My Fervent Wish And My Greatest Ambition To Leave A Work With A Few Useful Instructions For The Pianists After Me.

I Carry A Deep Sadness Of The Heart Which Must Now And Then Break Out In Sound.

The Character Of Instrumental Music... Lets The Emotions Radiate And Shine In Their Own Character Without Presuming To Display Them As Real Or Imaginary Representations.

The Principal Task Of A Conductor Is Not To Put Himself In Evidence But To Disappear Behind His Functions As Much As Possible. We Are Pilots, Not Servants.

A Good Cuban Cigar Closes The Doors To The Vulgarities Of The World.