I change many things, discard others, and try again and again until I am satisfied; then, in my head, I being to elaborate the work in its breadth, its narrowness, its height, its depth...I hear and see the image in front of me from every angle as if it had been cast and only the labour of writing it down remains.

Figured Bass (Harmony) and Religion are self-contained things, one should not argue these.

Nothing is more intolerable than to have to admit to yourself your own errors.

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

I know no other sign of superiority than Goodness.

Everything should be at once surprising and inevitable.

Do you think I give a damn about your and your pathetic violin?