Quote by Frederick P. Brooks Jr

“There's no equivalent to Mozart in writing.”

— Fran Lebowitz

If we cannot write with the beauty of Mozart, let us at least try to write with his purity.

— Johannes Brahms

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

— Marc Chagall

“I tell you before God, and as an honest man, your son is the greatest composer known to me by person and repute, he…

— Joseph Haydn

“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 think that if Mozart were alive today and decided to become a novelist, he would write humorous fantasy.”

— Frank P. Ryan

“But I am thinking now of your favorite of whom you have talked to me sometimes, and read me, too, some of his letters,…

— Hermann Hesse

“On the other hand, for years I did not listen to Mozart after I was assaulted by the perverse idea that Mozart does not…

— Gabriel García Márquez

“composes them,” I say. “Get composing, Mozart. All I hear now is symphony in bitch minor,”

— Sarah Daltry

“Mozart creates a universe out of pleasantries.”

— Rae Armantrout

Mozart is the incarnation of music.

— Joseph Haydn

The best of Mozart's works cannot be even slightly rewritten without diminishment.

— Peter Shaffer