A Symphony Is No Joke.

One Should Never Forget That By Actually Perfecting One Piece One Gains And Learns More Than By Starting Or Half-finishing A Dozen.

We Cling Nervously To The Melody, But We Don't Handle It Freely, We Don't Really Make Anything New Out Of It, We Merely Overload It.

If There Is Anyone Here Whom I Have Not Insulted, I Beg His Pardon.

In My Study I Can Lay My Hand On The Bible In The Pitch Dark. All Truly Inspired Ideas Come From God. The Powers From Which All Truly Great Composers Like Mozart, Schubert, Bach And Beethoven Drew Their Inspirations Is The Same Power That Enabled Jesus To Do His Miracles.

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