"We can, in fact, relive the history of taste in our own lives, the way embryos are supposed to go through the history…"

"Liszt has never needed revival; his music has always been an important part of the concert repertoire. Nevertheless, …"

"The eventual survival of the tradition is ultimately not at stake."

"Our freedom is hemmed in on every side. We must be grateful for what remains."

"Understanding music simply means not being irritated or puzzled by it."

"More positively, taking pleasure in music is the most obvious sign of comprehension, the proof that we understand it,…"

"If getting used to music is the essential condition for understanding, it is hard to see just what purpose is served …"

"Critical evaluation was transformed into understanding, and criticism became not an act of judgment but of comprehens…"

"Our sensuous appreciation of the world and of the works created by man has, no doubt, a biological foundation, one sh…"

"It is not, however, the unfamiliarity or strangeness of a work or of a composer's manner that is a bar to understandi…"