Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

"What I have written in a peaceful state of mind, I can still write in turmoil."

"Theater is the highest of all arts; it embraces all the others."

"Some people simply can't understand what it is that makes them click."

"The main thing is to have a kind heart."

"I prefer to imagine a world that has no limitations."

"True friends are those who are loyal in adversity."

"The joy of creating must transcend the pain of labor."

"I like people who possess the ability to do what they will to do."

"Your fingers make mistakes, but your heart knows the truth."

"One cannot serve two masters; oneself and art."

"In the evening, people did not want to hear the most difficult, the most impressive."

"Nobody knows my way of composing."

"An aged man is but a paltry thing unless his soul has grown with years."

"Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it is counting."

"The more I live, the more I understand that I know nothing."

"People either like what I do or they don't, but they all listen."

"Artistic appreciation is not a matter of mere feeling; it is also a matter of intellect."

"I have created during my lifetime a body of work that will outlive me."

"The greatest inspiration can come from the simplest sources."

"To say a composer is a classicist is to say nothing about his music."

"Melodies are the soul of music; harmony is its heart."

"A woman can give life but she cannot make it."

"The privilege of free expression is one worth protecting."

"What one generation calls a work of genius, the next generation calls old hat."

"I believe that the more you feel life, the more you can write about it."

"When learning music, do not always stick to one teacher."

"Happiness is not something that happens to you; it is something you make for yourself."

"One's native land is a sacred place that shapes the soul."

"An artist should not create for money; money follows art."

"The briefest and best way to make your fortune is to let people see clearly that it is in their interest to promote yours."