Memorable Quotes and quotations from Arthur Schnabel

Arthur Schnabel Austrian composer & pianist (1882 - 1951)


Arthur Schnabel - My Life and Music (1961)
- When I am asked, "What do you think of our audience?" I answer, "I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing."

Arthur Schnabel - in Chicago Daily News, June 11 1958
- The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, that is where the art resides!