Handel, to him I bow the knee.
Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]
Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.
It is the power of music to carry one directly into the mental state of the composer.
To me the highest thing, after God, is my honor.
In the country It seems as if every tree Said to me 'Holy! Holy!' Who can ever express The ecstasy of the woods! Almighty One, In the woods I am blessed. Happy every one in the woods. Every tree speaks through Thee. O God! What glory in the woodland.