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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (/ˈwʊlfɡæŋ æməˈdeɪəs ˈmoʊtsɑːrt/ MOHT-sart; German: [ˈvɔlfɡaŋ amaˈdeːʊs ˈmoːtsaʁt]; 27 January 1756 – 5 December 1791), baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the classical era.

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Neither rejoice nor lament prematurely; for whatever may happen, all will be well if we only have health; for happiness exists--merely in the imagination.

Happiness, Imagination, May, Rejoice

Directly after God in heaven comes a Papa.

God, Heaven, Inspirational, Papa

One must not make oneself cheap here - that is a cardinal point - or else one is done. Whoever is most impertinent has the best chance.

Chance, Done, Make, Oneself, Uprising

Music, in even the most terrible situations, must never offend the ear but always remain a source of pleasure.

Ear, Ears, Music, Pleasure, Source

My great grandfather used to say to his wife, my great-grandmother, who in turn told her daughter, my grandmother, who repeated it to her daughter, my mother, who used to remind her daughter, my own sister, that to talk well and eloquently was a very great art, but that an equally great one was to know the right moment to stop.

Art, Daughter, Mother, Repeated, Talk, Used

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust; and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music.

Causing, Ear, Ears, Passion, Reach, Rock N Roll

When I am at peace with myself. . . then thoughts flow into me most easily and at their best. Where they come from and how - that I cannot say. . . I'd be willing to work forever and forever if I were permitted to write only such music as I want to write and can write - which I myself think good.

Come, Forever, Think, Thinking, Thoughts, Writing

You know that I become quite powerless whenever I am obliged to write for an instrument which I cannot bear.

Bears, Become, Instrument, Instruments, Obliged, Writing

I write [music] as a sow piddles.

Music, Piddles, Sow, Write, Writing

To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.

Ears, Eye, Instruments, Kings, Organ

If people could see into my heart, I should almost feel ashamed - all there is cold, cold as ice.

Emotional, Heart, Ice, See

God first, then papa.

Firsts, God, God First, Papa

As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence. . .

Closely, Come, Death And Dying, Goal, Salzburg, True

True perfection in all things is no longer known or prized - you must write music that is either so simple a coachman could sing it, or so unintelligble that audiences like it simply because no sane person could understand it.

Coachman, Like, Perfection, Simple, Simply, Writing

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.

Art, Becomes, Men, Miserable, Remains, Travel

Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counterpoints to hack post-horses.

Compare, Essence, Fine, Horse, Melodist

Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.

Believe, Good Health, Make, Purpose, Sole

I pay no attention whatever to anybody's praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.

Attention, Blame, Criticism, Feelings, Intuition, Simply

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

Art, Inspirational, Music, Notes, Silence

All I insist on, and nothing else, is that you should show the whole world that you are not afraid. Be silent, if you choose; but when it is necessary, speak—and speak in such a way that people will remember it.

Afraid, People, Silent, Way, World

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