He who understand my music will remain free from the miseries that the other men are dragging with them .

I haven't a single friend; I must live alone. But well I know that God is nearer to me than to the others of my art; I associate with Him without fear, I have always recognized and understood Him, and I have no fear for my music,-it can meet no evil fate. Those who understand it must become free from all the miseries that the others drag with them.

Love demands all, and has a right to all.

Recommend to your children to be virtuous, only the virtue can bring us happiness, not the money.

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

Only art and science make us suspect the existence of life to a higher level, and maybe also instill hope thereof.

I love a tree more than a man.