Old Ones Quotes

I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones.

None are so eager to gain new experience as those who don't know how to make use of the old ones.

Obviously one must hold oneself responsible for the evil impulses of one's dreams. In what other way can one deal with them? Unless the content of the dream rightly understood is inspired by alien spirits, it is part of my own being.

I'm not likely to forget where I've been and what I've done and learned. I think it's just as important to play new instruments as to play new pieces. The old ones are getting scarcer and the new ones more and more wonderful.

Heat of blood makes young people change their inclinations often, and habit makes old ones keep to theirs a great while.