Artur Schnabel famous quotes

Last updated: Sep 5, 2024

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Children #Artist #Unique
The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes - ah, that is where the art resides.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Art #Silence #Notes
I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Play #Keyboards #Funny Music
I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Two #Kind #Coughing
Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Sunshine #Poison #Insult
Great music is better than it can be performed.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Music #Great Music #Music Is
When a piece gets difficult, make faces.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Pieces #Faces #Funny Music
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 Schnabel

#Children #Quality #Notes
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.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Learning #Simple #Play
Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range,
-- Artur Schnabel

#Garden #Light #Mountain
Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Demand #Notes #Applause
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 Schnabel

#Pieces #Too Much #Problem
I practice in my head.
-- Artur Schnabel

#Inspirational Life #Practice

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