When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.

The remark presents creativity as something that arrives most freely when the mind is unforced—during routine motion (traveling, walking) or in liminal states (sleepless nights). It implies that composition is not only a matter of deliberate desk work but also of receptivity: ideas “flow” when attention is relaxed and the body is occupied in simple rhythms. The mention of “after a good meal” also hints at the role of physical well-being in imaginative productivity. More broadly, the quote aligns with a long tradition of artists describing inspiration as spontaneous and abundant under conditions that loosen conscious control, suggesting that the composer’s task is to capture and shape what comes unbidden.