Amadeus Quotes

Salieri : That was Mozart. That! That giggling dirty-minded creature I had just seen, crawling on the floor!

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Salieri : The restored third act was bold, brilliant. The fourth... was astounding.

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Salieri : Through my influence, I saw to it that Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna. But in secret, I went to every one of those five. Worshipping sounds I alone seemed to hear.

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Salieri : As I stood there understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave, I began to see a terrible way I could finally triumph over God.

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Constanze Mozart : What are you doing here?
Salieri : Your husband took ill. I brought him home.
Constanze Mozart : But why you?
Salieri : Because, madam, I was at hand.

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Emanuel Schikaneder : What's so intelligent about writing a Requiem Mass?

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Salieri : That was God laughing at me. Through that obscene giggle...

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Salieri : Do you know who I am?
Father Vogler : It makes no difference. All men are equal in God's eyes.
Salieri : Are they?... Are they?

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Salieri : That was not Mozart laughing, Father... that was God.

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Mozart : My music... they started without me!

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Salieri : Everybody liked me. [ pause ]
Salieri : I liked myself.

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Salieri : So rose the dreadful ghost from his next and blackest opera, there on the stage stood the figure of a dead commander and I knew, only I understood that the horrifying aparition was Leopold, raised from the dead. : : the opera continues: : Wolfgang had actually summoned up his own father to accuse his son before all the world. It was terrifying and wonderful to watch : : the opera continues: : And now the madness began in me. The madness of the man splitting in half. Through my influence, I saw to it Don Giovanni was played only five times in Vienna but in secret I went to every one of those five worshipping a sound that only I seemed to hear. : : the opera continues: : And as I stood there understanding how that bitter old man was still possessing his poor son even from beyond the grave. I began to see a way, a terrible way, I could finally triumph over God.

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