You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like experimenting- studying- reflecting.

To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.

It is a great consolation for me to remember that the Lord, to whom I had drawn near in humble and child-like faith, has suffered and died for me, and that He will look on me in love and compassion.

My dear sister! I’m amazed to discover that you can compose so delightfully. In a word, your Lied is beautiful. You must compose more often.

I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once (gleich dies zusammen). What a delight this is I cannot tell ! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing lively dream.

Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.