"I am a slave to my work."

"I never write anything without having thought it over carefully."

"It is a great error to suppose that my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one has given so much care to the study of composition as I. There is scarcely a celebrated master in mu…"

"I am a composer and therefore I do not have to think about anything else."

"I never feel tired when I am composing."