Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes

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.

The poet ranks far below the painter in the representation of visible things, and far below the musician in that of invisible things.

The ability to make somebody feel something: that's art. However you look at it, whether you're an author, a painter, a singer, a rapper, a spoken-word artist - art.

I'm still very sure that painting is one of the most basic human capacities, like dancing and singing, that make sense, that stay with us, as something human.

You wind up creating from silence, like painting a picture on a blank canvas that could bring tears to somebody's eyes. As songwriters, our blank canvas is silence. Then we write a song from an idea that can change somebody's life. Songwriting is the closest thing to magic that we could ever experience. That's why I love songwriting.

When superstition is allowed to perform the task of old age in dulling the human temperament, we can say goodbye to all excellence in poetry, in painting, and in music.

I think that music has to do with what kind of passion do you have.

First, I started with music singing, writing songs, playing music. Later, I got into acting. I'm not a brilliant musician or a brilliant actor. But, to me, they're still great vehicles for expression.

Only talent interests me in paintings and books. Not general ideas, but the individual contribution.

I love painting. I went to college in fine arts, and I still do it all the time.

I can paint pictures, but I cannot rule men.

I consider myself an artist. God granted me some gifts so that I could express myself artistically.

I've just begun to dare to think I perhaps am a bit of an artist.

It's a blessing as an artist to express myself - whether that be via dance, via song or via speech - in so many different ways.

I think every good song tells a story, as ambiguous and vague as it may be. And if you know what a song is talking about, it can only help your performance.

Music is just kind of an expression of who I am. It's what I do.

I write songs, and I sing them. I never formulated a plan; I can't tell anyone else how to do this. But it feels right, so I just kind of enjoy it and get on with it.

Photography, painting or poetry - those are just extensions of me, how I perceive things; they are my way of communicating.

I play music, I paint - these things come from your depths.

People assume that the meaning of a song is vested in the lyrics. To me, that has never been the case. There are very few songs that I can think of where I remember the words.

The music is the shining path over which the poet travels to bring his song to the world.

I'm always gonna be all over my CD the most, of course. My talent is my talent. I ain't really tripping off no ego; I just like to make good music with good people.

I was always struck by how Picasso had no interest in music.

I'm very envious of the few artists who are any good and still do portraits.

Singing has always seemed to me the most perfect means of expression. It is so spontaneous. And after singing, I think the violin. Since I cannot sing, I paint.