Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes about Music

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If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.

If only the whole world could feel the power of harmony.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, World, Harmony

The music is not in the notes, but in the silence between.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Inspirational, Music, Art

I cannot write in verse, for I am no poet. I cannot arrange the parts of speech with such art as to produce effects of light and shade, for I am no painter. Even by signs and gestures I cannot express my thoughts and feelings, for I am no dancer. But I can do so by means of sounds, for I am a musician.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, Art, Mean

Letter to Leopold Mozart, 8 Nov. 1777

The most necessary, most difficult and principal thing in music, that is time.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, Difficult, Principal

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1905). “Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own Words”

Music must never offend the ear, but must please the listener, or, in other words, must never cease to be music.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, Ears, Please

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, Leopold Mozart (1966). “The Letters of Mozart and His Family”

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa Who knows most, knows least.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Music, Horse, Italian

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1961). “Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke: in Verbindung mit den Mozartstädten, Augsburg, Salzburg und Wien”