Pianist Classicists Quotes by Anton Rubinstein

Pianists call me a composer, composers call me a pianist. The classicists think me a futurist, and the futurists call me a reactionary.

— Anton Rubinstein

Russians call me German, Germans call me Russian, Jews call me a Christian, Christians a Jew.

— Anton Rubinstein

The pedal is the soul of the piano.

— Anton Rubinstein