When the Second World War started, I was only five but I still remember... Being a witness... I wanted people to remember… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
It's no longer possible to find something which will shock other people, because everything has already been done. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Traveling, talking to people, and rehearsing, I'm always finding new ideas. If I stay in one place, maybe I won't have so… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
In summer, I like to sit and compose on the porch, where I can see people come and go. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
There is something about performing my own music, and other people's music, that gives me pleasure. I think I learn more by… — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
Writing music is something very natural... this is the way to communicate with other people. — Krzysztof Penderecki Copy Share Image
My music is rather abstract and maybe even strange-sounding for some people, so maybe that's why it's been used in so many… — 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
