All My Life I Have Regarded Myself

There Is No Loftier Mission Than To Approach The Divinity Nearer Than Other Men, And To Disseminate The Divine Rays Among Mankind.

The Foundation Of Friendship Demands The Greatest Likeness Of Human Souls And Hearts.

This Is Not A Brook [bach Means "brook" In German], It's An Ocean.

I Shall Hear In Heaven.

I Carry My Thoughts About With Me For A Long Time... Before Writing Them Down... Once I Have Grasped A Theme. I Shall Not Forget It Even Years Later. I Change Many Things, Discard Others, And Try Again And Again Until I Am Satisfied; Then, In My Head... [the Work] Rises, It Grows, I Hear And See The Image N Front Of Me From Every Angle... And Only The Labor Of Writing It Down Remains... I Turn My Ideas Into Tones That Resound, Roar, And Rage Until At Last They Stand Before Me In The Form Of Notes.