Our castle is not imposing, but is well built, and surrounded by a very fine garden. I live in the bailiff's house.
One bites into the brass mouthpiece of his wooden cudgel, and the other blows his cheeks out on a French horn. Do you call that Art?
What a picture of a better world you have given us, Mozart!
Who can do anything after Beethoven?
I am composing like a god, as if it simply had to be done as it has been done.
Easy mind, light heart. A mind that is too easy hides a heart that is too heavy.