Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.
The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.
Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He knows best what is profitable and beneficial to our temporal happiness and our eternal salvation.
I choose such notes that love one another.
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.
The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell!
Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.
True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized – you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.
You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear.
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.
Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times.
I really do not aim at any originality.
Creativity is the firing of my soul.
Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, I hear them all at once. What a delight this is! All this inventing, this producing, takes place in a pleasing, lively dream.
I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion.
God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness towards His creatures.
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
Now there is music from which a man can learn something.
Write to me and don’t be so lazy. Otherwise I shall have to give you a thrashing. What fun! I’ll break your head.