If We Cannot Write With

For The Shallow Delights Of Matrimony And Opera I Have No Courage.

Straight-away The Ideas Flow In Upon Me, Directly From God, And Not Only Do I See Distinct Themes In My Mind's Eye, But They Are Clothed In The Right Forms, Harmonies, And Orchestration.

Straightaway The Ideas Flow In Upon Me, Directly From God.

If We Cannot Write With The Beauty Of Mozart, Let Us At Least Try To Write With His Purity.

It Is Not Hard To Compose, But What Is Fabulously Hard Is To Leave The Superfluous Notes Under The Table.