Mozart began his works in childhood and a childlike quality lurked in his compositions until it dawned on him that the Requiem he was writing for a stranger was his own. ~ Will and Ariel Durant

Mozart does not give the listener time to catch his breath, for no sooner is one inclined to reflect upon a beautiful inspiration than another appears, even mo…

Mozart is sweet sunshine. ~ Antonin Dvorak

Mozart tapped the source from which all music flows, expressing himself with a spontaneity and refinement and breathtaking rightness. ~ Aaron Copland

In your teens and your 20s, you're immortal, you're untouchable. It's only later that you begin to realize you are mortal. (2004)

The denunciation of the young is a necessary part of the hygiene of older people, and greatly assists in the circulation of their blood.

Age is deformed, youth unkind, We scorn their bodies, they our mind.