Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

She's only pretty in that she has two small black eyes and a good figure.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Believe me, I do not like idleness but work.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A bachelor, in my opinion, is only half alive.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I am one of those who will go on doing till all doings are at an end.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I too had to work hard, so as not to have to work hard any longer.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

An unmarried man, in my opinion, enjoys only half a life.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Our riches, being in our brains, die with us... Unless of course someone chops off our head, in which case, we won't…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I know nothing new except that Herr Gellert, the Leipzig poet, is dead, and has written no more poetry since his death.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of disgust...

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

One must not make oneself cheap herethat is a cardinalpointor else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Patience and tranquility of mind contribute more to cure our distempers as the whole art of medicine

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher & wider scale and will introduce many sounds that…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend,…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

It is when I am, as it were, completely myself, entirely alone, and of good cheer…that ideas flow best and most abundantly.…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of disgust; and music, even…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

If Germany, my beloved fatherland, of whom you know I am proud, will not accept me, then must I, in the name…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

“When I feel well and in a good humour, or when I am taking a drive or walking after a good meal,…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once (gleich dies…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Now there is music from which a man can learn something.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Neither a lofty degree of intelligence nor imagination nor both together go to the making of genius. Love, love, love, that is…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I do not hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them gleich alles zusammen - at the same time…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed - all there is cold, cold as ice.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

An astonishing number of kisses are flying about! I see a whole crowd of them. Ha! Ha! I have just caught three…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Neither rejoice nor lament prematurely; for whatever may happen, all will be well if we only have health; for happiness exists--merely in…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

I am not thoughtless but am prepared for anything and as a result can wait patiently for whatever the future holds in…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

If I were obliged to marry all those with whom I have jested, I should have at least two hundred wives.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

My Constanze is the virtuous, honourable, discreet, and faithful darling of her honest and kindly-disposed Mozart.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Now let the matter rest as it is, or as it may be, what avail useless speculations? What is to occur we…

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God.

— Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart