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… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share
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 Copy Share Image
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
“The only thing--I tell you this straight from the heart--that disgusts me in Salzburg is that one can't have any proper social intercourse with those people--and that music does not have a better reputation...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,… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share
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,… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
How sad it is that these great gentlemen should believe what anyone tells them and do not choose to judge for themselves! But it… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
When I am travelling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Just as people behave to me, so do I behave to them. When I see that a person despises me and treats me with… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
God is ever before my eyes. I realize his omnipotence and I fear His anger; but I also recognize his compassion, and His tenderness… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
I should like to know for what reason idleness is so popular with many young people that it is impossible to dissuade them from… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
“Stay with me to-night; you must see me die. I have long had the taste of death on my tongue, I smell death, and… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . . — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Now let the matter rest as it is, or as it may be, what avail useless speculations? What is to occur we do not… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure. — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
“It is a mistake to think that the practice of my art has become easy to me. I assure you, dear friend, no one… — Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Copy Share Image
