140 Quotes by Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

  • Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    My father is maestro at the Metropolitan church, which gives me an opportunity to write for the church as much as I please.

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  • Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    When I come to reflect on the subject, in no country have I received such honors or been so esteemed as in Italy, and nothing contributes more to a man's fame than to have written Italian operas, and especially for Naples.

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  • Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    As for pupils, I can have as many as I choose, but I do not choose to take many. I intend to be better paid than others, and so I wish to have fewer scholars. It is advisable to hang back a little at first, or it is all over with you, and you must pursue the common highway with the rest.

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  • Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    I hope never to marry in this way; I wish to make my wife happy, but not to become rich by her means, so I will let things alone and enjoy my golden freedom till I am so well off that I can support both wife and children.

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  • Author Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart
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    My sole recreations consist in dancing English hornpipes and cutting capers. Italy is a land of sleep; I am always drowsy here.

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