Top 20 Quotes & Sayings by Artur Schnabel

Explore popular quotes and sayings by a Polish musician Artur Schnabel.

Last updated on December 21, 2024.

Artur Schnabel was an Austrian-American classical pianist, composer and pedagogue. Schnabel was known for his intellectual seriousness as a musician, avoiding pure technical bravura. Among the 20th century's most respected and important pianists, his playing displayed marked vitality, profundity and spirituality in the Austro-German classics, particularly the works of Beethoven and Schubert.

Polish - Musician | April 17, 1882 - August 15, 1951

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

Artur Schnabel

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

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!!

Artur Schnabel

Practice in tranquility.

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

Artur Schnabel

I practice in my head.

Artur Schnabel

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

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

Artur Schnabel

Mozart is the most inaccessible of the great masters.

Artur Schnabel

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

Artur Schnabel

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

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

Artur Schnabel

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