A painter paints pictures on canvas. But musicians paint their pictures on silence. - Leopold Stokowski

As a boy I remember how terribly real the statues of the saints would seem at 7 o'clock Mass-before I'd had breakfast. From that I learned always to conduct hungry.

It is my profound wish that this entire collection shall be devoted to the advancement of fine music for the continued enjoyment of music enthusiasts throughout the United States, be they students of the arts, performing artists, or members of that vast audience of music lovers among the American public.

On matters of intonation and technicalities I am more than a martinet— I am a martinetissimo.