Artur Schnabel quotes
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“The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : Quoted in Nat Shapiro, An Encyclopedia of Quotations About Music (1978)
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“The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : Quoted in Chicago Daily News, 11 June 1958
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“I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.”
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“I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : 'My Life and Music' (1961) pt. 2, ch. 10
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“Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : Artur Schnabel (1942). “Music and the line of most resistance”, Da Capo Pr
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“Great music is better than it can be performed.”
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“When a piece gets difficult, make faces.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : Quoted in Oscar LevantTheUnimportance of BeingOscar (1968).
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“Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : Artur Schnabel (1970). “My Life and Music”, p.122, Courier Corporation
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“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.”
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“Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range,”
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“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : "Saturday Review" Magazine, September 29, 1951.
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“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.”
-- Artur SchnabelSource : "My Life and Music" by Artur Schnabel, (p. 121), 1961.
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