The modern composer is a madman who persists in manufacturing an article which nobody wants.

-Honegger, Arthur
I Am a Composer.

The public doesn't want new music: the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead.

-Honegger, Arthur
I Am a Composer.

The highest duty of the writer, the composer, the artist is to remain true to himself† In serving his vision of the truth, the artist best serves his nation.

-Kennedy,John F(itzgerald)
   At the dedication of  Amherst College Robert Frost Library, 25 Oct.

There is a definite limit to the length of time a composer can go on writing in one dance rhythm. This limit is obviously reached by Ravel toward the end of LaValse and toward the beginning of Bole¤  ro.

-Lambert, Constant
  Music Ho!