Artur Schnabel: Note

Artur Schnabel was Austrian pianist. Explore interesting quotes on note.
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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 Schnabel

Quoted in the Chicago Daily News, June 11, 1958.

Art

“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

Source: My Life and Music (1961), p. 122

Children

“Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.”

Artur Schnabel

Saturday Review of Literature September 29, 1951.
Explaining why he never played encores.