For The Shallow Delights Of Matrimony And

For The Shallow Delights Of Matrimony And Opera I Have No Courage.

The Only True Immortality Lies In One's Children.

It Is Not Hard To Compose But It Is Wonderfully Hard To Let The Superfluous Notes Fall Under The Table. . . So Many Melodies Fly About, One Must Be Careful Not To Tread On Them.

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.

I Sometimes Ponder On Variation Form And It Seems To Me It Ought To Be More Restrained, Purer.