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> [I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-think-after-music-is-performance-because-it-is-also-an-immaterial/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

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## More by Igor Levit

> [I always talk about the hierarchy of art, and I always put music on the top of everything, because it's so immaterial.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-always-talk-about-the-hierarchy-of-art-and-i-always-put-music-on/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [People can text with two hands and are so fast and I am not... I just have that one person I want to talk…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/people-can-text-with-two-hands-and-are-so-fast-and-i-am-not-i-just/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [The most unique thing about music making is sharing.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/the-most-unique-thing-about-music-making-is-sharing/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [I think after music is performance because it is also an immaterial form of art, and then there's everything else.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-think-after-music-is-performance-because-it-is-also-an-immaterial/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [There are no musically untalented people.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/there-are-no-musically-untalented-people/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [I'm not good at texting because I'm an older generation, old school. And nobody ever listens to the answering machine anymore. It's terrible.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-m-not-good-at-texting-because-i-m-an-older-generation-old-school/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [I have one guy that I really have to talk to once a day, and if I don't talk to him once a day,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-have-one-guy-that-i-really-have-to-talk-to-once-a-day-and-if-i-don/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [I'm much better at saying something on the answering machine than texting.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/i-m-much-better-at-saying-something-on-the-answering-machine-than/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [When you have humor, you have a base for collaboration. It is very important.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/when-you-have-humor-you-have-a-base-for-collaboration-it-is-very/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [You never know what you're going to share. I can play, I know what is written - the marks, the things the composer tells…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/you-never-know-what-you-re-going-to-share-i-can-play-i-know-what-is/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [When I play, what I see are people who mean something to me, both positively and negatively. It's my private life, in a way,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/when-i-play-what-i-see-are-people-who-mean-something-to-me-both/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [Musical talent is maybe something, but there are no unmusical people. You're moved by music. It's total rubbish to say, "Oh, I'm unmusical." It…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/musical-talent-is-maybe-something-but-there-are-no-unmusical-people/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

> [If an artist tells you "this is an oak tree," then it better be an oak tree. It's how you proclaim things; if you…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-levit/if-an-artist-tells-you-this-is-an-oak-tree-then-it-better-be-an-oak/)

[Igor Levit](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-levit/)

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