Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes
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When I am at peace with myself . . . then thoughts flow into me most easily and at their best. Where they come from and how - that I cannot say . . . I'd be willing to work forever and forever if I were permitted to write only such music as I want to write and can write - which I myself think good.
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Creativity is the firing of my soul.
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Writing music is my one and only passion and joy.
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Let us put our trust in God and console ourselves with the thought that all is well, if it is in accordance with the will of the Almighty, as He knows best what is profitable and beneficial to our temporal happiness and our eternal salvation.
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It is when I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer.....that ideas flow best and most abundantly. Whence and how they come, I know not, nor can I force them.
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For I assure you, without travel, at least for people from the arts and sciences, one is a miserable creature!... A man of mediocre talents always remains mediocre, may he travel or not - but a man of superior talents, which I cannot deny myself to have without being blasphemous, becomes - bad, if he always stays in the same place.
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You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like experimenting- studying- reflecting.
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Patience and tranquility of mind contribute more to cure our distempers as the whole art of medicine
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I am not thoughtless but am prepared for anything and as a result can wait patiently for whatever the future holds in store, and I'll be able to endure it.
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Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.
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Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa Who knows most, knows least.
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Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure.
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Handel understands effect better than any of us -- when he chooses, he strikes like a thunderbolt.
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Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.
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Even when I can play Europe's most precious keyboard, to have to listen to people who don't understand, or do not want to understand, and who are incapable of grasping my intent, whatever I play, does surely forfeit my lust for playing at all.
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To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.
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All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.
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What's even worse than a flute? - Two flutes!
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If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.
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God first, then papa.
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The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.
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It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.
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The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell!
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Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.
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My fatherland has always the first claim on me.
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As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence, I have formed during the last few years such close relationships with this best and truest friend of mankind that death's image is not only no longer terrifying to me, but is indeed very soothing and consoling, and I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity...of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
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God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness towards His creatures.
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I will gladly give lessons as a favor, particularly when I see that my student has talent, inclination, and anxiety to learn; but to be obliged to go to a house at a certain hour, or to have to wait at home for a pupil, is what I cannot do, no matter how much money it may bring me in. . . I am a composer and was born to be a Kapellmeister. I neither can nor ought to bury the talent for composition with which God in his goodness has so richly endowed me. . .
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I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
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Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
- Born: January 27, 1756
- Died: December 5, 1791
- Occupation: Composer
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