17 Artur Schnabel Quotes

Artur Schnabel quotes

1. Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

2. The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.

3. I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed. Therefore I feel (rightly or wrongly) that unless a piece of music presents a problem to me, a never-ending problem, it doesn't interest me too much.

4. Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

5. I know two kinds of audience only - one coughing, and one not coughing.

1. I am attracted only to music which I consider to be better than it can be performed.

2. I dont think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, there is where the artistry lies!!

3. Great music is better than it can be performed.

4. Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.

5. I don't think I handle the notes much differently from other pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, there is where the artistry lies!!

6. When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

7. Have I a secret about playing the piano? It's a very simple one. I sit down on the piano stool and make myself comfortable - and I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

8. I am the only person here who is enjoying this, and I get the money; they pay and have to suffer.

9. It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

10. I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.

11. I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

12. Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.