Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical era. Born in Salzburg, Mozart showed prodigious ability from his earliest childhood. Already competent on keyboard and violin, he composed from the age of five and performed before European royalty...
NationalityAustrian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth27 January 1756
CitySalzburg, Austria
CountryAustria
The taste of death is upon my lips. I feel something that is not of this earth.
I am not thoughtless but am prepared for anything and as a result can wait patiently for whatever the future holds in store, and I'll be able to endure it.
Love guards the heart from the abyss.
I am a fool. That is well known.
A man of ordinary talent will always be ordinary, whether he travels or not; but a man of superior talent (which I cannot deny myself to be without being impious) will go to pieces if he remains forever in the same place.
I am never happier than when I have something to compose, for that, after all, is my sole delight and passion
I thank my God for graciously granting me the opportunity of learning that death is the key which unlocks the door to our true happiness.
Creativity is the firing of my soul.
Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.
If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed - all there is cold, cold as ice.
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, may he travel or not - but a man of superior talents, which I cannot deny myself to have without being blasphemous, becomes - bad, if he always stays in the same place.
I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day.
The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.
To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.