“I understand, and not knowing how to express myself without pagan words, I’d rather remain silent”

“Music expresses that which cannot be put into words and that which cannot remain silent”

“The secret of the mountain is that the mountains simply exist, as I do myself: the mountains exist simply, which I do not. The mountains have no "meaning," they are meaning; the mountains are. The sun is round. I ring with life, and the mountains ring, and when I can hear it, there is a ringing that we share. I understand all this, not in my mind but in my heart, knowing how meaningless it is to try to capture what cannot be expressed, knowing that mere words will remain when I read it all again, another day.”

“I usually work in a direction until I know how to do it, then I stop, At the time that I am bored or understand — I use those words interchangeably — another appetite has formed. A lot of people try to think up ideas. I’m not one. I’d rather accept the irresistible possibilities of what I can’t ignore.”

“As a matter of fact, I rather feel like expressing myself now.”

“If I’d been someone else in a different world I’d've done something different, but I was myself and the world was the world, so I was silent.”