If a composer could say what he had to say in words he would not bother trying to say it in music.

Fortissimo at last!

( on seeing Niagara Falls )

In its beginnings, music was merely chamber music, meant to be listened to in a small space by a small audience.

The further the music develops, the more complex the apparatus used by the composer to express his thoughts becomes.

The impressions of the spriritual experiences gave my future life its form and content.

When I have reached a summit, I leave it with great reluctance, unless it is to reach for another, higher one.