I've always enjoyed the duality of Mozart's supposed personality. We will never truly know the person so we can mostly only judge him by his works and boy can he craft a divine sound. But when you apply a personal lens to your own work I have realised that it's perfectly reasonable to distance your personality from your craft so why not also Mozart?
In any case, a reminder to check your snobbery at the door when following classical music - the musicians and composers are usually quite ordinary people with special gifts.
"...musicians and composers are usually quite ordinary people with special gifts."
Right. It's not only musicians and composers but I'd suggest that many great and famous people have stains on their characters that 'proper' society would rather disdain or not know about.
For example, Einstein's personal life was anything but harmonious given his misogynistic treatment of his wife and others. Despite the fact that we're likely not to agree with the way he conducted his personal life, those facts do not lessen any objective analysis of his scientific works.
In any case, a reminder to check your snobbery at the door when following classical music - the musicians and composers are usually quite ordinary people with special gifts.