Everything will come to you if you put your shoulders to the wheel. ... Now, go to work!

From USA, 1894. Letter to Alasinga

Unless each note is given full play in every scale, all the science of music is marred. In painting, by keeping in touch with nature, you can make it as artistic as you like; there is no harm in doing that, and the result will be nothing but good. Similarly, in music, you can display any amount of skill by keeping to science, and it will be pleasing to the ear.