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!

- Arthur Schnabel - My Life and Music (1961)