Music Was Not Invented By The Composer,

The History Of Harmony Is The History Of The Development Of The Human Ear, Which Has Gradually Assimilated, In Their Natural Order, The Successive Intervals Of The Harmonic Series.

Loving A Child Doesn't Mean Giving In To All His Whims; To Love Him Is To Bring Out The Best In Him, To Teach Him To Love What Is Difficult.

The Constitution Of The United States Is Not A Mere Lawyers' Document; It Is A Vehicle Of Life, And Its Spirit Is Always The Spirit Of The Age.

I Adore Tradition. I Cannot Stand Habit. Simply To Repeat Is Nothing, Also To Destroy Is Nothing. Tradition Is Never Interrupted, We Are Always Evolving But Never Interrupted.

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