Mozart Quotes

181 quotes by 157 authors

In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can. — Maurice Baring
It may be that when the angels go about their task praising God, they play only Bach. I am sure, however, that when they are… — Karl Barth
If Beethoven and Bach hooked up with Mozart and made a band, they could be a distant runner up to The D. — Jack Black
When you hear Bach or Mozart, you hear perfection. Remember that Bach, Mozart and Beethoven were great improvisers. I can hear that in their music. — Dave Brubeck
If Mozart were around now he would write a killer rock song. — Vanessa Carlton
Mozart has the classic purity of light and the blue ocean; Beethoven the romantic grandeur which belongs to the storms of air and sea, and… — Henri Frederic Amiel
I believe that traditional wisdom is incomplete. A composer can have all the talent of Mozart and a passionate desire to succeed, but if he… — Martin Seligman
The music of Mozart is of such purity and beauty that one feels he merely found it - that it has always existed as part… — Albert Einstein
Mozart's music is so pure and beautiful that I see it as a reflection of the inner beauty of the universe. — Albert Einstein
Taste and smell are often the beggars among our five senses - they leave no written language and therefore no standards other than wholly personal… — Frank Schoonmaker
But the saints are never the kind of killjoy spinster aunts who go in for faultfinding and lack all sense of humor. (Nor should the… — Hans Urs von Balthasar
The author's conviction on this day of New Year is that music begins to atrophy when it departs too far from the dance; that poetry… — Ezra Pound
Mozart is sweet sunshine. — Antonin Dvorak
The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach and Mozart settled… — Ernest Newman
In my spare time, Iâ€™ve been playing a lot of piano. Iâ€™m trying to learn classical piano, Mozart and Beethoven and stuff. I took lessons… — Evan Peters
And it's a crime because the great plays of history, going all the way back to the Greeks, are part of everybody's heritage. It's just… — Tony Randall
The great hope is that people who wouldn't normally make films will be making them. Suddenly, one day some little fat girl in Ohio is… — Francis Ford Coppola
Mozart's music is like an X-ray of your soul - it shows what is there, and what isn't. — Isaac Stern
It is tough to say what has influenced me the most because I know that Mozart makes me think better, but you cannot beat Dave… — Mackenzie Astin
How did Haydn and Mozart produce such vast quantities of formally perfect art? They worked from a perfect formula. In music, Beethoven was the Great… — Edward Abbey

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