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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, born on January 27, 1756, and died on December 5, 1791, was a prominent composer of the Classical period. He is renowned for his exceptional musical talent and prolific compositions.

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Famous Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes

“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.”

Ifs Thinking Want Writing Forever Willing Flow

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“You know that I immerse myself in music, so to speak- that I think about it all day long- that I like experimenting- studying- reflecting.”

Thinking Knows Long Speak Study Reflecting

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“People err who think my art comes easily to me. I assure you, dear friend, nobody has devoted so much time and thought to compositions as I. There is not a famous master whose music I have not industriously studied through many times.”

People Thinking Art Masters Dear Devoted Composition Dear Friend

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

Thinking Art Easy Mistake Music

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“The whole, though it be long, stands almost complete and finished in my mind so that I can survey it at a glance. Nor do I hear in my imagination the parts successively, but I hear them, as it were, all at once. What delight this is I cannot tell!”

Thinking Mind Long I Can Whole Imagination Delight Finished Glances My Imagination Surveys

Book:Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

Source: Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

About the Author

Born: January 27, 1756
Died: December 5, 1791
Known for: Composer
Quotes: 91

Books & Sources

The Letters of Mozart and His FamilyRelated source material

Mozart: The Man and the Artist, as Revealed in His Own WordsRelated source material

The Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart (1769-1791)Related source material

Letters of Wolfgang Amadeus MozartRelated source material

Chagall at the MetRelated source material

Mozart: The Man and the Artist Revealed in His Own WordsRelated source material

Briefe und Aufzeichnungen: 1787-1857Related source material

Neue Ausgabe sämtlicher Werke: in Verbindung mit den Mozartstädten, Augsburg, Salzburg und WienRelated source material

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