«My brain fires up more and more, and if I am not disturbed, my theme is amplified, defined and developed, to be raised complete and fulfilled entirely before me, totally finished, so that I can embrace it at a gaze as if it were a painting or a statue. I do not listen to the parts of the orchestra one after another, but all together. I can express it with so much joy. I feel as if I am living a beautiful dream. But why do I not forget it as dreams are forgotten? Perhaps this is the greatest gift for which to be grateful to the divine creator.»