Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal..

Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any..

Composers combine notes, that's all..

Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself..

Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos..

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning..

My music is best understood by children and animals..

An artist is like a pig snouting truffles..

I never understood the need for a "live" audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one..

The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being.

Mediocrity borrows, genius steals..

Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame..

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?.

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its de….

Good composers don't borrow, they steal.

All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols..

The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with rel….

Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times..

Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right..

The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is..

The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music..