Mozart Quotes · Page 4

Mozart was a punk, which people seem to forget. He was a naughty, naughty boy.

— Shirley Manson

Mozart was born Mozart. Charlie Parker was born Charlie Parker.

— Damien Chazelle

Some people really want to play Mozart and be just performers. I was more interested in invention.

— Steve Lacy

Mozart had a tremendously fertile and creative ear for a catchy tune.

— Kenneth Branagh

Yeah, you're a regular Mozart...well, except for the whole music thing.

— James Dashner

I'm writing a movie about Mozart going to New York in the '60s. I've been reading so many novels.

— John Cale

Mozart composed his music not for the elite, but for everybody.

— Andre Rieu

I'm Mozart with a focus on the tide Hiding the inconsistencies of man behind water and wine

— Aesop Rock

“Leonardo and Mozart no longer constitute a shared frame of reference, unless you mean Leonardo DiCaprio. Now it’s HBO and NPR and…

— Anonymous

I think Mozart's operas 'The Marriage of Figaro' and 'Don Giovanni' are the two most perfect ever written. The music is magical.

— Ruth Bader Ginsburg

It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that…

— Karl Barth

Why are we importing all these highbrow plays like 'Amadeus'? I could have told you Mozart was a jerk for nothing.

— Ian Shoales

O Mozart, immortal Mozart, how many, how infinitely many inspiring suggestions of a finer, better life you have left in our souls!

— Franz Schubert

Beethoven, Wagner, Bach, and Mozart settled down day after day to the job in hand. They didn't waste time waiting for inspiration.

— Ernest Newman

“Mozart’s music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe itself,”

— Walter Isaacson

I want to listen to Beethoven and Mozart. I want to read the best minds. I want to live with uplifting art.…

— Alexandra Stoddard

I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet,…

— Arnold Schoenberg

When we hear some beautiful piece of Mozart or admire a wonderful building, we suddenly become present in ourselves. That's unusual nowadays…

— John O'Donohue

The works of Mozart may be easy to read, but they are very difficult to interpret. The least speck of dust spoils…

— Wanda Landowska

Studying music involves a lot of mathematics and a lot of exercises of memory. Or you've got to be able to be…

— Benjamin Clementine

“The Mozart sonata Dad picked out begins to play. When we hear the first note, we open the sacks and the ladybugs…

— Kimberly Willis Holt

When I went to college at the University of Nevada back in Las Vegas, I got tricked into singing in choir. The…

— Eric Whitacre

We are fans of Mozart and Beethoven, as well 'South Park' and Borat. We believe that we can attract many people who…

— Aleksey Igudesman

Mozart eliminates the idea of haste from life. His airs could not lag as they make their journey through the listener's attention;…

— Rebecca West

Ah Mozart! He was happily married - but his wife wasn't.

— Victor Borge

Certain things in Mozart will and can never be excelled.

— Richard Wagner

“Mozart is waiting for me. Pablo is waiting for me.”

— Hermann Hesse

Mozart didn't have Pro Tools, but he did a pretty good job.

— Kate Bush

I know that if there’s a purpose for life, it was for me to hear Mozart.

— Maurice Sendak

The most tremendous genius raised Mozart above all masters, in all centuries and in all the arts.

— Richard Wagner

Mozart. Vivaldi. Van Gogh. Stretched their genius on struggle, stress and survival.

— Billy Cannon

Mozart, the last chord of a centuries-old great European taste.

— Friedrich Nietzsche

Mozart's music is constantly escaping from its frame, because it cannot be contained in it.

— Leonard Bernstein

If they had Mozart today, they couldn't work with him, although he was a very adaptable man.

— Alexander Kluge

Mozart never composed anything, ever! He copied what was written on his soul.

— Marc Chagall

Twyla Tharp is not going to take orders from anyone, not even Mozart!

— Robert Gottlieb

I listen only to Bach, Beethoven or Mozart. Life is too short to waste on other composers.

— John Edensor Littlewood

I love Mozart, but I often make a terrible hash of it.

— Simon Rattle

A. R. Rahman is truly India's Mozart. His music is celebrated worldwide.

— Kailash Kher

Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't.

— Isaac Stern