Salieri Quotes

• In Mozart and Salieri we see the contrast between the genius which does what it must and the talent which does what it can.

  Maurice Baring

  Doe, Genius, Talent

  An Outline of Russian Literature ch. 3 (1914) See Owen Meredith 1

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• Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert.

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Teacher, Keys, Romantic Music

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• As much preparation as I had made for the old man Salieri, gestures and so on, the fact is after sitting for hours, your movements are kind of slow.

  F. Murray Abraham

  Men, Preparation, Sitting

  "Biography/ Personal Quotes". www.imdb.com.

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• People realize that Salieri is not the man we saw in the Amadeus movie. That man had no talent. It was a great movie, but the Salieri character was a big fiction.

  Cecilia Bartoli

  Character, Men, People

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• I never quite dare to believe I'm brave enough to be an artist, but I'm on the side of artists. I think of myself as a bit of a Salieri, looking with longing eyes at Mozart.

  Stephen Fry

  Believe, Eye, Artist

  Interview with Tasha Robinson, www.avclub.com. September 22, 2004.

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• In my teens I fancied myself an artist; I hung out with the eccentric art teacher at my high school, painted still lifes and portraits and landscapes in watercolor and acrylics, took private lessons, won some blue ribbons for my earnest renderings. My lack of talent did little to dampen my enthusiasm. In college I thought I'd continue, but, like Salieri, I quickly realized that while I had the ability to appreciate art, I wasn't actually very good.

  Christina Baker Kline

  Teacher, Art, School

  Source: www.omnivoracious.com

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• The psychological detective story in "Equus" made Peter Shaffer's name as a playwright. But it was his next play, "Amadeus," that cemented his reputation, largely because of the movie version. Another battle of wills, it was the story of composer Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart seen through the eyes of lesser composer Antonio Salieri.

  Bob Mondello

  Eye, Play, Names

  "British Playwright Peter Shaffer, Who Wrote 'Equus,' Dies At 90". "All Things Considered" with Robert Siegel, www.npr.org. June 6, 2016.

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• There was a moment of extraordinary humbleness and humility and pride, as well, with my father when he turned to me - and I think it was after I played Salieri in "Amadeus" at university. And he said, You're better than I ever was or ever could be, you should do this for profession. You'd have a good time.

  Benedict Cumberbatch

  Father, Humility, Pride

  "Benedict Cumberbatch: 'Sherlock,' Smaug And Spying". "Morning Edition" with David Greene, www.npr.org. May 3, 2012.

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• My reaction to Radiohead isn't as simple as jealousy. Jealousy just burns; Radiohead infuriate me. But if it were only that, I wouldn't go back and listen to those records again and again. Listening to Radiohead makes me fell like I'm a Salieri to their Mozart. Yorke's lyrics make me want to give up. I could never in my wildest dreams find something as beautiful as they find for a single song - let alone album after album.

  Dave Matthews

  Beautiful, Dream, Song

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• I never thought I would write the way that I write for the studios now, which is like, not little novels, but be someone who literally is more like, you know, sometimes I guess we describe, we're more Salieri than Mozart.

  Thomas Lennon

  Writing, Littles, Way

  Source: www.gq.com

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