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.

I have always reckoned myself among the greatest admirers of Mozart, and shall do so till the day of my death.

Artists are fiery; they do not weep.

Strange, I feel as if up to now I had written no more than a few notes.

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

When I open my eyes I must sigh, for what I see is contrary to my religion, and I must despise the world which does not know that music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy.

The world is a king, and like a king, desires flattery in return for favor; but true art is selfish and perverse — it will not submit to the mold of flattery.