There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates through music, yet it is blessed in this creation, which, like every creation of art, is mightier than the artist.

It is my belief one should not belittle the artist; while, however glorious his fame may seem, his time on Mount Olympus as an honourable guest of Zeus is short. It's a pity, but all too eager will the common folk drag him from this etherial heights to the low and trodden earth.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

I shall seize fate by the throat.

Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.