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.

Artists are fiery; they do not weep.

From the glow of enthusiasm I let the melody escape.

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

Music is the electric soil in which the spirit thinks, lives and invents. All that's electrical stimulates the mind to flowing surging musical creation. I am electrical by nature.

Don't regard yourself as too divine to improve, occasionally, your own works.

Applaud my friends, the comedy is over... [on his death bed]