I liked your opera. I think I will set it to music.

Beethoven can write music, thank God, but he can do nothing else on earth.

I can do nothing but think of you... What have you done to me? Can't you remove the spell you have cast over me?

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.

Music is the mediator between the life of the senses and the life of the spirit.

I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.