Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart - Write Quotes

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

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The golden mean, the truth, is no longer recognized or valued. To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it, or so incomprehensible that it pleases simply because no sensible man can comprehend it.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

The happy medium—truth in all things—is no longer either known or valued; to gain applause, one must write things so inane that they may be played on a barrel-organ, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account they are likely to please.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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