Art demands of us that we shall not stand still.

Music is the mediator between the spiritual and the sensual life. Although the spirit be not master of that which it creates through music, yet it is blessed in this creation, which, like every creation of art, is mightier than the artist.

There is no loftier mission than to approach the Divinity nearer than other men, and to disseminate the divine rays among mankind.

Oh, how beautiful it is to be alive - would that I could live a thousand times

Music is mediator between spiritual and sensual life.

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.

This is not a brook [Bach means "brook" in German], it's an ocean.