To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.

Truth is a big concept.

My students frequently ask what their next project should be. My advice: immerse yourself in the music you love and you will find what you want to do; you will discover your next project.

To understand Mozart's contradictory qualities would indeed be to understand genius.

Truth implies meaning.

In the nineteenth century the more grandiose word inspiration began to replace the word idea in the arts.

I don't dare postulate about science, but I know that it takes both emotion and intellect in order for art to happen.