Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be

Nevertheless the passions, whether violent or not, should never be so expressed as to reach the point of causing disgust and music, even in situations of the greatest horror, should never be painful to the ear but should flatter and charm it, and thereby always remain music. – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

No other quotes found from this author.
Other Quotes from
Music
category

Nothing pleases me more than to go into a room and come out with a piece of music. – Paul McCartney

Category:
Music

Editing is now the easiest thing on earth to do, and all the things that evolved out of word processing – Oh, lets put that sentence there, lets get rid of this – have become commonplace in films and music too. – Brian Eno

Category:
Music

Music is the wine which inspires one to new generative processes, and I am Bacchus who presses out this glorious wine for mankind and makes them spiritually drunken. – Ludwig van Beethoven

Category:
Music

I think often sadness is a great place to get songs from. – Sarah McLachlan

Category:
Music

Random Quotes

I am prepared to die, but there is no cause for which I am prepared to kill. – Mahatma Gandhi

Category:
Integrity

I can write pretty much anywhere if you give me time and some quiet. The home is not usually the best place because I have four children. Its usually pandemonium around here! – Harlan Coben

Category:
Home

Im actually a very honest person, and sometimes I end up like, Man, I said too much. Its hard for me not to tell the truth when you ask me. – Drake

Category:
Truth

The dust and odour of ancient libraries, the gloom of those crypts of literature, have… all the charm of freshest images and freshest poetry. – Alexandre Vinet (1797–1847)

Category:
Libraries