[on The Music Of Richard Strauss:] Too

To Study Music, We Must Learn The Rules. To Create Music, We Must Break Them.

The Art Of Music Is So Deep And Profound That To Approach It Very Seriously Only Is Not Enough. One Must Approach Music With A Serious Rigor And, At The Same Time, With A Great, Affectionate Joy.

You Should Never Listen To Someone Practice. That Is Their Work And Theirs Alone.

Never Forget That Your Days Are Blessed. You May Know How To Profit By Them, Or You May Not, But They Are Blesses.

It Is Easier To Analyze A Work In Its Form, In Its Evolution, Than Simply To Love It With All The Living Forces Of Our Heart. It Is Easier To Define Its Peculiarities And Its Details Than To Draw Out Of It Its Emotion, Its Thought.