Desire Quotes by Alfred Brendel

In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with the assurance…

— Alfred Brendel

Art gives a sense of order, life is basically chaotic, and there's a tension between them. A sense of order comes from chaos and…

— Alfred Brendel

If I belong to a tradition, it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what to do, and not the performer…

— Alfred Brendel

I want to make music. That means I prefer the Steinway piano.

— Alfred Brendel

The word 'listen' contains the same letters as the word 'silent.'

— Alfred Brendel

I have a great need to learn what the norm is by dealing with what is not the norm... with the grotesque and the…

— Alfred Brendel

You need three or five hands to play Ligeti.

— Alfred Brendel

If I belong to a tradition it is a tradition that makes the masterpiece tell the performer what he should do and not the…

— Alfred Brendel

Silence... is the essence of the music itself, the vital ingredient that makes it possible for the music to exist at all.

— Alfred Brendel

A work of art is like a person: it has more than one soul in its breast.

— Alfred Brendel

Silence ought also to be the core of each concert. Remember the anagram: listen = silent.

— Alfred Brendel

“Self-discovery is a slower process but a more natural one.”

— Alfred Brendel