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> [By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-important-discovery-that-i-get-along/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

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## More by Glenn Gould

> [ Theirs \[the Beatles\] is a happy, cocky, belligerently resourceless brand of harmonic primitivism... In the Liverpudlian repertoire, the indulged amateurishness of the musical material,… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/theirs-the-beatles-is-a-happy-cocky-belligerently-resourceless-brand/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [I cannot bear assaults of any kind, and it seems to me that the Beatles essentially were out to affront and to assault.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/i-cannot-bear-assaults-of-any-kind-and-it-seems-to-me-that-the/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [Mozart died too late rather than too soon.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/mozart-died-too-late-rather-than-too-soon/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [Whenever one honestly defies a tradition, one becomes, in reality, the more responsible to it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/whenever-one-honestly-defies-a-tradition-one-becomes-in-reality-the/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [The purpose of art is the lifelong construction of a state of wonder.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/the-purpose-of-art-is-the-lifelong-construction-of-a-state-of-wonder/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [Beethoven's reputation is based entirely on gossip. The middle Beethoven represents a supreme example of a composer on an ego trip.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/beethoven-s-reputation-is-based-entirely-on-gossip-the-middle/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/i-detest-audiences-not-in-their-individual-components-but-en-masse-i/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [Chopin, Schubert, and Liszt had no idea of how to write for the piano.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/chopin-schubert-and-liszt-had-no-idea-of-how-to-write-for-the-piano/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [“I believe that the justification of art is the internal combustion it ignites in the hearts of men and not its shallow, externalized, public…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/i-believe-that-the-justification-of-art-is-the-internal-combustion-it/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [Concert pianists are really afraid to try out the Beethoven Fourth Concerto if the Third happens to be their specialty. That's the piece they…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/concert-pianists-are-really-afraid-to-try-out-the-beethoven-fourth/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [When I broke 20, I said to myself, 'I will give concerts until I'm approximately 30.' And I made it a year and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/when-i-broke-20-i-said-to-myself-i-will-give-concerts-until-i-m/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/by-the-time-i-was-six-i-made-an-important-discovery-that-i-get-along/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [My moods are inversely related to the clarity of the sky.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/my-moods-are-inversely-related-to-the-clarity-of-the-sky/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [I don't know what the effective ratio would be, but I've always had some sort of intuition that for every hour you spend in…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/i-don-t-know-what-the-effective-ratio-would-be-but-i-ve-always-had/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

> [To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/glenn-gould/to-me-the-ideal-artist-to-audience-relationship-is-a-one-to-zero/)

[Glenn Gould](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/glenn-gould/)

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