Actually, the man had no ear at all. But what did it matter. He adored my music.
Read more Antonio Salieri QuotesFrom: Amadeus
I was staring through the cage of those meticulous ink-strokes at an absolute, inimitable beauty.
Emperor Joseph II: My dear young man, don't take it too hard. Your work is ingenious. It's quality work. And there are simply too many notes, that's all. Just cut a few and it will be perfect.Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart: Which few did you have in mind, Majesty?
Sire, only opera can do this. In a play if more than one person speaks at the same time, it's just noise, no one can understand a word. But with opera, with music... with music you can have twenty individuals all talking at the same time, and it's not noise, it's a perfect harmony!