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

Contrary to general belief, an artist is never ahead of his time but most people are far behind theirs.

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.

A man is culpable in the eyes of society when he escapes from the jurisdiction of its mediocrity.

I rather like a certain clumsiness in a work of art.

I do not write experimental music. My experimenting is done before I make the music. Afterwards it is the listener who must experiment.

Music is organized sound.

A work of art must make the rules: rules do not make a work of art...I tell people I am not a musician; I work with rhythms, frequencies and intensities...tunes are merely the gossips of music.

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

I dream of instruments obedient to my thought and which with their contribution of a whole new world of unsuspected sounds, will lend themselves to the exigencies of my inner rhythm.

Men set themselves a goal, and having attained it, are satisfied and grow paunches. In their complacency they forget that their only future is now death.

So, what if your entire body was, oh I don’t know, dropped into molten met

Think of the inconvenience of vanishing as it were from your friends and, correspondents three times in one's natural life.

I need a girl who will put me in my place, but I also want to laugh and have a good time.

We've got to get our fans back. We've got to start winning and get our fans excited about the 76ers again... We're selling hope. This is about hope. We have hope that we have a chance to be good.

A little health now and again is the ailing person's best remedy.

The few who profit from the labor of the masses want to organize the workers into an army which will protect the interests of the capitalists.

My intent was to carry out my duty as a doctor, to end their suffering. Unfortunately, that entailed, in their cases, ending of the life.

The French, unfortunately, actually believe what they say, and that has been very destructive.

Biology is the study of complicated things that give the appearance of having been designed for a purpose