Only the flint of a man's mind can strike fire in music.

All my life I have regarded myself as one of Mozart's greatest admirers, and I will remain one until my last breath.

Handel is the greatest composer that ever lived... I would uncover my head and kneel down on his tomb.

Wherever you are, I am there also.

Oh you men who think or say that I am malevolent, stubborn, or misanthropic, how greatly do you wrong me. You do not know the secret cause which makes me seem that way to you. Oh how harshly was I flung back by the doubly sad experience of my bad hearing.

Händel is the greatest and ablest of all composers; from him I can still learn.

Richard Wagner commenting on the music of Ludvig Van Beethoven: He was a Titan, wrestling with the Gods.