Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?

I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.

How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.

The foundation of friendship demands the greatest likeness of human souls and hearts.

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.

The Music is the only corporeal introduction to the superior world of Knowledge.

The barriers are not erected which can say to aspiring talents and industry, 'Thus far and no farther.'