Nothing is more futile than theorizing about music. No doubt there are laws, mathematically strict laws, but these laws are not music; they are only its conditions... The essence of music is revelation.
没有什么比把音乐理论化更无用的了。毫无疑问，存在着严格的数学定律，但这些定律不是音乐;它们只是它的条件……音乐的本质是启示。