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title: "42 Schubert Quotes by 38 authors"
description: "Browse 42 Schubert quotes by 38 authors. Discover the best Schubert sayings and thoughts."
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> [For me, Schubert contains the world.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/janet-baker/for-me-schubert-contains-the-world/)

[Janet Baker](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/janet-baker/)

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> [Nothing is so musical as the sound of pouring bourbon for the first drink on a Sunday morning. Not Bach or Schubert…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/carson-mccullers/nothing-is-so-musical-as-the-sound-of-pouring-bourbon-for-the-first/)

[Carson McCullers](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/carson-mccullers/)

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> [But, on the other hand, if Schubert were alive today, he would find even richer fields to plow.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/but-on-the-other-hand-if-schubert-were-alive-today-he-would-find-even/)

[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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> [Brahms believed that there was no need to publish absolutely everything that Schubert ever wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/brahms-believed-that-there-was-no-need-to-publish-absolutely/)

[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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> [I remain loyal to Bach, Mozart, Beethoven and Schubert in music and to Shakespeare and Jane Austen in literature.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anne-stevenson/i-remain-loyal-to-bach-mozart-beethoven-and-schubert-in-music-and-to/)

[Anne Stevenson](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anne-stevenson/)

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> [With Schubert, a lot of the melodies are very simple, but he's in this groove. He's in touch with his heart.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/tom-wopat/with-schubert-a-lot-of-the-melodies-are-very-simple-but-he-s-in-this/)

[Tom Wopat](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/tom-wopat/)

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> [In Romanticism, the main determinant is the mood, the atmosphere. And in that regard, you could also describe Schubert as a Romantic.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/in-romanticism-the-main-determinant-is-the-mood-the-atmosphere-and-in/)

[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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> [A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/gian-carlo-menotti/a-schubert-song-the-a-major-chord-at-the-opening-of-wagner-s/)

[Gian Carlo Menotti](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/gian-carlo-menotti/)

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> [I never want projects to be finished; I have always believed in unfinished work. I got that from Schubert, you know, the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/yoko-ono/i-never-want-projects-to-be-finished-i-have-always-believed-in/)

[Yoko Ono](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/yoko-ono/)

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> [The reason why Schubert is celebrated so much today, lies rather in the fact that there has been nobody else like him…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/the-reason-why-schubert-is-celebrated-so-much-today-lies-rather-in/)

[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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> [It's easier to interest a conservative audience in pushing the musical boundaries than to involve a young audience used to very noisy,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/michael-tilson-thomas/it-s-easier-to-interest-a-conservative-audience-in-pushing-the/)

[Michael Tilson Thomas](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/michael-tilson-thomas/)

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> [“Once, when I remarked that she looked like a disoriented bandicoot, she leapt up from the piano bench and beat me within…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alan-bradley/once-when-i-remarked-that-she-looked-like-a-disoriented-bandicoot-she/)

[Alan Bradley](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alan-bradley/)

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> [I want to say at once that I frankly believe that Irving Berlin is the greatest songwriter that has ever lived… His…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gershwin/i-want-to-say-at-once-that-i-frankly-believe-that-irving-berlin-is/)

[George Gershwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gershwin/)

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> [In a fit at the bookstore one day, I bought all my favourite composers' biographies: Schubert, Massenet, Wolf. I've still not had…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/danielle-de-niese/in-a-fit-at-the-bookstore-one-day-i-bought-all-my-favourite-composers/)

[Danielle de Niese](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/danielle-de-niese/)

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> [In my study I can lay my hand on the Bible in the pitch dark. All truly inspired ideas come from God.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/johannes-brahms/in-my-study-i-can-lay-my-hand-on-the-bible-in-the-pitch-dark-all/)

[Johannes Brahms](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/johannes-brahms/)

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> [I sing in languages that I speak. So when I'm singing a Schubert song, I know precisely what every word means and,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jessye-norman/i-sing-in-languages-that-i-speak-so-when-i-m-singing-a-schubert-song/)

[Jessye Norman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jessye-norman/)

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> [Chopin was the first piano composer who knew exactly how to make piano sound reach fullness, radiance and grandness. What to regard…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/frederic-chopin/chopin-was-the-first-piano-composer-who-knew-exactly-how-to-make/)

[Frederic Chopin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/frederic-chopin/)

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> [If you're doing nonsense it has to be rather awful, because there'd be no point. I'm trying to think if there's sunny…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/edward-gorey/if-you-re-doing-nonsense-it-has-to-be-rather-awful-because-there-d-be/)

[Edward Gorey](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/edward-gorey/)

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> [“In Schubert, for instance, say, in Wiegenleid D867 or Der Wanderer and den Mond D870 one finds perhaps the ultimate listening experience,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/andrew-ashdown/in-schubert-for-instance-say-in-wiegenleid-d867-or-der-wanderer-and/)

[Andrew Ashdown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/andrew-ashdown/)

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> [ the writer must resist this temptation \[to quote\] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ethel-smyth/the-writer-must-resist-this-temptation-to-quote-and-do-his-best-with/)

[Ethel Smyth](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ethel-smyth/)

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> [In his larger forms, Schubert is a wanderer. He likes to move at the edge of the precipice, and does so with…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/alfred-brendel/in-his-larger-forms-schubert-is-a-wanderer-he-likes-to-move-at-the/)

[Alfred Brendel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/alfred-brendel/)

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> [I never listen to music when I am writing. It would be impossible. I listen to Bach in the mornings, mostly choral…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/colm-toibin/i-never-listen-to-music-when-i-am-writing-it-would-be-impossible-i/)

[Colm Toibin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/colm-toibin/)

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> [From the opening lines, Sleeping with Schubert is a hilarious, whimsical romp through the looking glass of a great musical mystery. The…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/jonis-agee/from-the-opening-lines-sleeping-with-schubert-is-a-hilarious/)

[Jonis Agee](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/jonis-agee/)

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> [Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/cecilia-bartoli/salieri-was-a-pupil-of-gluck-he-was-born-in-italy-in-1750-and-died-in/)

[Cecilia Bartoli](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/cecilia-bartoli/)

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> [“As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/amelie-nothomb/as-she-went-on-with-her-labour-she-became-aware-that-she-had-schubert/)

[Amélie Nothomb](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/amelie-nothomb/)

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> [“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/haruki-murakami/that-s-why-i-like-to-listen-to-schubert-while-i-m-driving-like-i-said/)

[Haruki Murakami](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/haruki-murakami/)

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> [Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/artur-schnabel/mozart-is-a-garden-schubert-is-a-forest-in-light-and-shade-but/)

[Artur Schnabel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/artur-schnabel/)

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> [We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/eydie-gorme/we-were-at-the-schubert-theater-for-two-years-and-we-were-the-first/)

[Eydie Gorme](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/eydie-gorme/)

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> [My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go "a one and a…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-brown/my-music-wasn-t-written-by-mozart-beethoven-bach-or-schubert-it-s/)

[James Brown](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-brown/)

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> [At first I thought I should be a second Beethoven; presently I found that to be another Schubert would be good; then…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/engelbert-humperdinck/at-first-i-thought-i-should-be-a-second-beethoven-presently-i-found/)

[Engelbert Humperdinck](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/engelbert-humperdinck/)

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> [Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/martin-walser/take-bach-or-schubert-their-music-was-dedicated-to-god-but-filled-and/)

[Martin Walser](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/martin-walser/)

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> [The cause of freedom, in music as elsewhere, is now very nearly triumphant; but at a time when its adversaries were many…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/hugh-reginald-haweis/the-cause-of-freedom-in-music-as-elsewhere-is-now-very-nearly/)

[Hugh Reginald Haweis](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/hugh-reginald-haweis/)

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> [A mathematician will recognise Cauchy, Gauss, Jacobi or Helmholtz after reading a few pages, just as musicians recognise, from the first few…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ludwig-boltzmann/a-mathematician-will-recognise-cauchy-gauss-jacobi-or-helmholtz-after/)

[Ludwig Boltzmann](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ludwig-boltzmann/)

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> [Rather, I believe that it is very good, if, with the aid of his songs, we can be reminded, among other things,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/rather-i-believe-that-it-is-very-good-if-with-the-aid-of-his-songs-we/)

[Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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> [Schubert had arguably the same melodic gift as Mozart, but even less support. He didn't have the early exposure, never got to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/twyla-tharp/schubert-had-arguably-the-same-melodic-gift-as-mozart-but-even-less/)

[Twyla Tharp](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/twyla-tharp/)

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> [I bring my classical training - some of it, but not all of it - and also my background and culture, to…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/kathleen-battle/i-bring-my-classical-training-some-of-it-but-not-all-of-it-and-also/)

[Kathleen Battle](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/kathleen-battle/)

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> [I consider the first 20 performances just learning the piece. Think about it this way: If you think about a pianist who…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/philip-glass/i-consider-the-first-20-performances-just-learning-the-piece-think/)

[Philip Glass](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/philip-glass/)

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> [I've just been playing the Trout Quintet on the phonograph. Listening to the andantino makes me want to be a trout myself.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/sophie-scholl/i-ve-just-been-playing-the-trout-quintet-on-the-phonograph-listening/)

[Sophie Scholl](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/sophie-scholl/)

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> [As to...old composers like Schubert or Beethoven, I imagine that, while modern music expresses both feeling, thought and imagination, they expressed pure…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/anonymous/as-to-old-composers-like-schubert-or-beethoven-i-imagine-that-while/)

[Anonymous](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/anonymous/)

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> [A culture that gave the world the spiritual creations of the Classical Music of Mozart, Beethoven, Wagner and Schubert, the paintings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ibn-warraq/a-culture-that-gave-the-world-the-spiritual-creations-of-the/)

[Ibn Warraq](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ibn-warraq/)

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## Top authors on Schubert

- [ ![](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b008/author-dietrich-fischerdieskau-29420.jpg) Dietrich Fischer-Dieskau 5 quotes ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/schubert/dietrich-fischer-dieskau/)

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                        "text": "the writer must resist this temptation [to quote] and do his best with his own tools. It would be most convenient for us musicians if, arrived at a given emotional crisis in our work, we could simply stick in a few bars of Brahms or Schubert. Indeed many composers have no hesitation in so doing. But I have never heard the practice defended; possibly because that hideous symbol of petty larceny, the inverted comma, cannot well be worked into a musical score.",
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                        "text": "From the opening lines, Sleeping with Schubert is a hilarious, whimsical romp through the looking glass of a great musical mystery. The writing snaps, crackles, and pops with humor as Bonnie Marson makes Schubert a sexy, happening kind of guy who gives new meaning to our dreaming the impossible.",
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                        "text": "Salieri was a pupil of Gluck. He was born in Italy in 1750 and died in Vienna in 1825. He left Italy when he was 16 and spent most of his life in Vienna. He's the key composer between classic music and romantic music. Beethoven was the beginning of romantic music, and he was the teacher of Beethoven and Schubert.",
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                        "text": "“As she went on with her labour, she became aware that she had Schubert's Erl-King going around in her head. It wasn't the ideal music for the job. Normally, Pannonique programmed her brain to play symphonies that have her the energy indispensable for such physical labour-Saint-Saens, Dvorak-but now that heart-rending Lied stuck in her skull and sapped her strength.”",
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                        "text": "“That’s why I like to listen to Schubert while I’m driving. Like I said, it’s because all the performances are imperfect. A dense, artistic kind of imperfection stimulates your consciousness, keeps you alert. If I listen to some utterly perfect performance of an utterly perfect piece while I’m driving, I might want to close my eyes and die right then and there. But listening to the D major, I can feel the limits of what humans are capable of—that a certain type of perfection can only be realized through a limitless accumulation of the imperfect. And personally, I find that encouraging.”",
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                        "text": "Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.",
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                        "text": "We were at the Schubert Theater for two years. And we were the first act.",
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                        "text": "My music wasn't written by Mozart, Beethoven, Bach or Schubert. It's written by God and me. They go \"a one and a two and up.\" We start on the downbeat. Bam! And that's where we got them.",
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                        "text": "Take Bach or Schubert: Their music was dedicated to God but filled and shaped their worldly lives. If you are a committed atheist, you lean back and miss all the richness of that history.",
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                        "text": "The cause of freedom, in music as elsewhere, is now very nearly triumphant; but at a time when its adversaries were many and powerful, we can hardly imagine the sacred bridge of liberty kept by a more stalwart trio than Schubert the Armorer, Chopin the Refiner, and Liszt the Thunderer.",
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