To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius. Download Download Share on Facebook Share on Twitter Rotate quotes contradictory genius mozart
As I sit down and start to work, I often panic. I stare at the empty piece of music paper. How can I say that my piece will be ready for performance next January when I do not have a recipe for making it happen? Lukas Foss emptyhappenjanuary share on social
It is obvious that anything a scientist discovers or invents is based on previous discoveries and inventions. The same applies to the arts. Lukas Foss applyartbase Change image and share on social
Anybody can put things together that belong together. to put things together that don't go together, and make it work, that takes genius like Mozart's. Yet he is presented in the play Amadeus as a kind of silly boy whom the gods loved. Lukas Foss amadeusbelongboy share on social
As a small child, I felt in my heart two contradictory feelings, the horror of life and the ecstasy of life. Charles Baudelaire childcontradictoryecstasy Change image and share on social
My English teacher always gave me scripts for plays, but I was into sports. My friend said there were small parts I could go up for, but the director gave me the part of Mozart, which was kind of the lead role. From then on I just loved it. Santiago Cabrera directorenglishfriend share on social
The free sharing and teaching of open source is incompatible with the notion of the solitary genius. Golan Levin freegeniusincompatible Change image and share on social
