What Would Become Of All Historical Biography

In Him Converge All Previous Streams Of Tendency, Not As Into A Pool, Stagnant, Passive, Motionless, But As A Noble River That Received Its Tributary Waters And Bearss Them Onward In Larger And Statelier Volume.

The Fact That Most People Do Not Understand And Respect The Very Best Things, Such As Mozart's Concertos, Is What Permits Men Like Us To Become Famous.

Reviewer: 'one Of Your Themes Was Very Similar To One Of Beethoven's!' Brahms Replied, 'of Course It Is. Everyone Steals - The Important Thing Is To Do It Brilliantly.

If We Cannot Write With The Beauty Of Mozart, Let Us At Least Try To Write With His Purity.

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