composer

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart

is appreciated postumously. In fact, the main thing the public demands of a composer is that he be dead.

The main thing the public demands of a composer is that he be dead.

is someone who connects heaven with earth by threads of music.

is one who, to be respected, above all else, must be dead.

COMPOSER The public doesn't want new music; the main thing it demands of a composer is that he be dead

is a breed of men and women concerned with the arrangement of the same seven notes.

is a guy who goes around forcing his will on unsuspecting air molecules, often with the assistance of unsuspecting musicians.

is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

is good who does not imitate, but steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.