Don't bother to look, I've composed all this already.
Fortunately, something always remains to be harvested. So let us not be idle.
Even if people censure me, they should do so hat in hand.
Never let oneself be guided by the opinion of one's contemporaries. Continue steadfastly on one's way.
It is always the same with me; only when I experience something do I compose, and only when composing do I experience! After all, a musician's nature can hardly be expressed in words.
A symphony must be like the world. It must contain everything.