It's no longer possible to find something which will shock other people, because everything has already been done. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I'm never satisfied. I don't think about what has come before because I'm trying to find something different than I did before. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Poland is different from the other so-called socialist countries. We have a different background. Poland belongs to the West, not the East.… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
The isolation of Eastern Europe actually helped me to be so original. I couldn't travel so much, I had to find my… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I started to write religious music at a time when it was absolutely impossible. The first religious work I wrote was the 'Psalms of… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I started with very tonal 19th-century music because I wanted to be a violinist as a child. So this was my first music, and… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
The communists saw what we did in the arts as the only product of socialism that was known in the West, so they tolerated… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
When the Second World War started, I was only five but I still remember... Being a witness... I wanted people to remember what happened… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
At school, I wrote in the style of the Dutch composers. After I graduated, a new style set in. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
