"They want me to write differently. Certainly I could, but I must not. God has chosen me from thousands and given me, of all people, this talent. It is to Him that I must give account. How then would I stand there before Almighty God, if I followed the others and not Him?" 

(Joseph Anton Bruckner, compositore in missione da Dio; Ansfelden, 4 settembre 1824 – Vienna, 11 ottobre 1896)