My subject enlarges itself, becomes methodized and define, and the whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind, so that I can survey it, like a fine picture or a beautiful statute, at a glance.
Source: In Talks with Great Composers, by A. Abell, 1964.
-- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, (Jan 27 1756-1791), Austrian composer; He was child prodigy who composed 600+ works - chamber music, symphonies and operas, e.g., The Magic Flute, 1787.