Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Music Quotations

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

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

Music is my life and my life is music. Anyone who does not understand this is not worthy of God.

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....

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

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.

Writing music is my one and only passion and joy.

Music is my life and my life is music.

It is a mistake to think that the price of my art has become easy to me.

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