Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Quotes
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 might be played on barrel-organs, or so unintelligible that no rational being can comprehend them, though on that very account, they are likely to please.
Citations
Mozart, Wolfgang Amadeus. Letter to Leopold Mozart, 28 Dec. 1782. The Letters of Mozart and His Family, translated by Emily Anderson, W. W. Norton & Company, 1985.
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Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart, baptised as Johannes Chrysostomus Wolfgangus Theophilus Mozart, was a prolific and influential composer of the Classical period.
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