 I have often been reproached — especially recently — for being too candid , and through this making not a few enemies for myself — being undiplomatic . … It must be admitted : I am not gifted as an esotericist , not as a mystic or a hermit , and not as a diplomat ; it corresponds that my love of my fellow humans expresses itself in candour … I hope my enemies will not on this account destroy me ; I also hope my enemies find forms of retort that I can find richly fanciful , witty , pertinent , instructive — that grant me respect through a noble and truly humane form of enmity . ( Stockhausen Texte , 1 : 12 – 13 ) 
