Ceaseless work, analysis, reflection, writing much, endless self-correction, that is my secret.

A Composition on the Piano

Music is an agreeable harmony for the honor of God and the permissible delights of the soul.

The most stupendous miracle in all music.

You just have to press the right keys and the right pedals at the right time and the music plays itself.

Ah! How sweet coffee tastes! Lovelier than a thousand kisses, sweeter far than muscatel wine!

God's gift to his sorrowing creatures is a joy worthy of their destiny.