Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.
What is to reach the heart must come from above; if it does not come from thence, it will be nothing but notes, body without spirit.
Whoever tells a lie is not pure of heart, and such a person can not cook a clean soup.
Don't only practise your art, but force your way into its secrets.
Handel, to him I bow the knee.
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.