"The most stimulating and encouraging thought is that you, dearest father, and my dear sister, are well, that I am an …"

"I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know — namely, that the ungodly arch-villain Voltair…"

"I know myself, and I have such a sense of religion that I shall never do anything which I would not do before the who…"

"Mozart, particularly, I loved. I was determined to write poetry that had as a structure what classical music, particu…"

"It is a sobering thought that when Mozart was my age, he had been dead for two years."

"Sie wird das nothwendigste und härteste und die hauptsache in der Musique niemahlen bekommen, nämlich das tempo, weil…"

"Lengthy immersion in the works of other composers can tire. The music of Mozart does not tire, and this is one of its…"

"I write as a sow pisses."

"Listening to Mozart, we cannot think of any possible improvement."

"A fellow of mediocre talent will remain a mediocrity, whether he travels or not; but one of superior talent (which wi…"