"Ah it seemed impossible to leave the world until I had produced all that I felt called upon me to produce, and so I endured this wretched existence."

"What is difficult is also beautiful, good, and great."

"Music is a higher revelation than all wisdom and philosophy."

"I am not a man whom one can command so easily."

"My mind is so full of music that I could write all day and all night. But I cannot write it down fast enough."