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> [ I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. What is necessary are people like Karajan, \[fellow recording producer John\] Culshaw and me; we know not only how to achieve the best artistic results but how to attract the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/i-am-convinced-that-in-the-arts-committees-are-useless-what-is/)

Walter Legge

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> [Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/democracy-is-fatal-for-the-arts-it-leads-only-to-chaos-or-the/)

Walter Legge

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## More by Walter Legge

> [ I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. What is necessary are people like Karajan, \[fellow recording producer John\] Culshaw and me;… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/i-am-convinced-that-in-the-arts-committees-are-useless-what-is/)

Walter Legge

> [I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/i-am-convinced-that-in-the-arts-committees-are-useless/)

Walter Legge

> [I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/i-disliked-singing-in-english-and-neither-liked-the-story-nor-the/)

Walter Legge

> [Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/walter-legge/democracy-is-fatal-for-the-arts-it-leads-only-to-chaos-or-the/)

Walter Legge

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