Don't only practice your art, but force your way into its secrets; art deserves that, for it and knowledge can raise man to the Divine.

Handel, to him I bow the knee.

Wherever you are, I am there also.

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

It seemed unthinkable for me to leave the world forever before I had produced all that I felt called upon to produce

How glad I am to be able to roam in the wood and thicket, among trees and flowers and rocks ... in the country, every tree seems to speak to me, saying, "Holy! Holy", in the woods, there is enchantment which expresses all things.

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.