If A Composer Could Say What He

Tradition Is Tending The Flame, Not Worshiping The Ashes.

The Longer You Live And The More You Learn, The More Clearly You Will Feel The Difference Between The Few Men Who Are Truly Great And The Mere Virtuosi.

There Is A World Of Difference Between A Mahler Eighth Note And A Normal Eighth Note.

The Point Is Not To Take The World's Opinion As A Guiding Star But To Go One's Way In Life And Working Unerringly, Neither Depressed By Failure Nor Seduced By Applause.

Behind Me The Branches Of A Wasted And Sterile Existence Are Cracking.