I don't want to write any more for the old Man-power instruments and am handicapped by the lack of adequate electrical instruments for which I now conceive my music.

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Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Our musical alphabet is poor and illogical.

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can...

Music, which should pulsate with life, needs new means of expression, and science alone can...

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different...

There is an idea, the basis of an internal structure, expanded and split into different...

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a...

I have just begun a work in which an important part is given to a...

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.

I was not influenced by composers as much as by natural objects and physical phenomena.

Music is organized sound.

Music is organized sound.

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a...

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a...

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

An artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

Everyone is born with genius, but most people only keep it a few minutes.

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

Genius attracts more hate than love and more disrespect than respect; at least for the...

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

The exercise of an extraordinary gift is the supremest pleasure in life.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius not only diagnoses the situation but supplies the answers.

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

Genius is lasting 5 minutes longer than the other side

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

The genius of a good leader is to leave behind him a situation which common...

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

Genius is formed in quiet, character in the stream of human life

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who...

But the fact that some geniuses were laughed at does not imply that all who...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

Almost all the noblest things that have been achieved in the world, have been achieved...

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform...

We will discover the nature of our particular genius when we stop trying to conform...

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius without education is like silver in the mine.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.

Genius is essentially creative; it bears the stamp of the individual who possesses it.