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5 Artur Schnabel Quotes

Artur Schnabel delivers dry, observant commentary on music and performance that feels like a quiet backstage chat.

Artur Schnabel quotes

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

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

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  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.

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  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.

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

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