You Write To Become Immortal,

Without Enthusiasm Nothing Great Can Be Effected In Art.

"we Liked It" Or "i Didn't Like It" People Say. As If It Were Nothing Higher Than To Please The People!

You Will Be Most Readily Cured Of Vanity Or Presumption By Studying The History Of Music, And By Hearing The Master Pieces Which Have Been Produced At Different Periods.

I Feel So Entirely In My Element With A Full Orchestra; Even If My Mortal Enemies Were Marshalled Before Me, I Could Lead Them, Master Them, Surround Them, Or Repulse Them.

Music Owes As Much To Bach As Religion To Its Founder.