Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of disgust; and music, even in situations of th… - Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

…passions, violent or not, must never be expressed to the point of disgust, and Music must never offend the ear, even in most horrendous situations, but must always be pleasing, in other words always remain Music…

I must give you a piece of intelligence that you perhaps already know — namely, that the ungodly arch-villain Voltaire has died miserably like a dog — just like a brute. That is his reward!

When I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer — -say traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep — -it is on such occasions that my ideas flow best, and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them.

If one has the talent it pushes for utterance and torments one; it will out; and then one is out with it without questioning.