“I only know two kinds of audiences - one coughing, and one not coughing.”
Source: My Life and Music
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Famous Artur Schnabel Quotes
“Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.”
Source: My Life and Music
Source: Music and the line of most resistance
“It is not music's function to express rational necessities.”
Source: Music and the line of most resistance
“I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.”
“I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.”
“The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.”
Source: My Life and Music
“I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.”