A Symphony Is No Joke.

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

What Would Become Of All Historical Biography If It Was Written Only With Consideration For Other Peoples' Feelings?

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.