"I am not a musician. I am a composer."

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

"I come to Italy [1935] not only to make music, but also to be in a country that is moving forward vigorously, that affirms itself ever more rigorously, in which one sees everywhere the imprint, and on…"

"A composer is or isn't; he cannot learn to acquire the gift that makes him one, and whether he has it or not, in either case, he will not need anything I can tell him now."

"The artist is a vessel for the divine."