It is not music's function to express rational necessities. - Artur Schnabel - Quotesmemo.com

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I got into a brawl one night in a saloon in Greenwich Village. Elia Kazan, a great director, saw me put out a couple of hecklers and figures there was some Big Daddy in me, just lyin' dormant. And out it came. People still do call me Big Daddy, but to me, inside, I'm no Big Daddy at all.

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Artur Schnabel

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

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

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

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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.

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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 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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