Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart was considered one of the best musical composers in the history of Western music. He composed over 800 works, including sonatas and symphonies.  

Check out these inspirational Mozart quotes on life and success!

Here are 24 Motivational Mozart Quotes:

1. “The best way to learn is through the powerful force of rhythm.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

2. “Melody is the essence of music.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

3. “I am a fool. That is well known.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

4. “To talk well and eloquently is a very great art, but that an equally great one is to know the right moment to stop.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

5. “I pay no attention whatever to anybody’s praise or blame. I simply follow my own feelings.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

6. “When I am traveling in a carriage, or walking after a good meal, or during the night when I cannot sleep; it is on such occasions that ideas flow best and most abundantly.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

7. “They probably think because I am so small and young, nothing of greatness and class can come out of me; but they shall soon find out.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

8. “He fixed his eyes on my fingers while I played to him, then said suddenly, “My God; I work at it till I sweat and yet get no success – while you, my friend, simply play at it!” “Yes,” said I, “but I too had to work in order that I might be exempt from work now.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

9. “Melody is the essence of music. I compare a good melodist to a fine racer, and counter-pointists to hack post-horses; therefore be advised, let well alone and remember the old Italian proverb: Chi sa più, meno sa (Who knows most, knows least).”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

10. “Forgive me, Majesty. I am a vulgar man! But I assure you, my music is not.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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12. “I never lie down at night without reflecting that, young as I am, I may not live to see another day.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

13. “Music is my life and my life is music.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

14. “To win applause one must write stuff so simple that a coachman might sing it.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

15. “Love, love, love, that is the soul of genius.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

16. “The most necessary, most difficult, and principal thing in music, that is time.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

17. “Neither rejoice nor lament prematurely; for whatever may happen, all will be well if we only have health; for happiness exists–merely in the imagination.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

18. “To my eyes and ears the organ will ever be the King of Instruments.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

19. “Now there is music from which a man can learn something.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

20. “Write to me and don’t be so lazy. Otherwise, I shall have to give you a thrashing. What fun! I’ll break your head.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

21. “Believe me, my sole purpose is to make as much money as possible; for after good health it is the best thing to have.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

22. “Writing music is my one and only passion and joy.”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

23. “The wonders of the music of the future will be of a higher & wider scale and will introduce many sounds that the human ear is now incapable of hearing. Among these new sounds will be the glorious music of angelic chorales. As men hear these they will cease to consider Angels as figments of their imagination.” – Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

24. “As death, when we come to consider it closely, is the true goal of our existence . . .”- Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

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