Handel is so great and so simple that no one but a professional musician is unable to understand him.
— Samuel Butler, novelist (1835-1902)If I decide to be an idiot, then I’ll be an idiot on my own accord.
— J.S. Bach (1685-1750)If the audience never understands the plot, it can be counted on to be attentive to the very end.
— Benedetto Marcello (1686-1739)It is proportion that beautifies everything, the whole universe consists of it, and music is measured by it.
— Orlando Gibbons (1583-1625)