Air Quote by Rebecca West

“Speed can give you a great feeling of excitement, and there is a place for that in life and in music," says Kliemt. "But…

— Carl Honoré

Mozart's music always sounds unburdened, effortless, and light. This is why it unburdens, releases, and liberates us.

— Karl Barth

It's an extraordinary thing about Mozart is that you never tire of him... he never bores me, and he doesn't... not only bore me,…

— Peter Shaffer

There's so many different ways to play Mozart.

— Hilary Hahn

Mozart in his music was probably the most reasonable of the world's great composers. It is the happy balance between flight and control, between…

— Aaron Copland

Does it not seem as if Mozart's works become fresher and fresher the oftener we hear them?

— Robert Schumann

Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness.

— Aaron Copland

Mozart's music is free of all exaggeration, of all sharp breaks and contradictions. The sun shines but does not blind, does not burn or…

— Karl Barth

A phenomenon like Mozart remains an inexplicable thing.

— Johann Wolfgang von Goethe

Mozart's mental grip never loosens; he never abandons himself to any one sense; even at his most ecstatic moments his mind is vigorous, alert,…

— Walter J. Turner

“People marvel at the genius of Mozart because he supposedly wrote "Twinkle, Twinkle, Little Star" at the age of three and composed his first…

— Charles Martin

Mozart's music is an invitation to the listener to venture just a little out of the sense of his own subjectivity.

— Karl Barth