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> [I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-was-never-revolutionary-the-only-revolutionary-in-our-time-was/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

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## More by Arnold Schoenberg

> [If music is frozen architecture, then the potpourri is frozen coffee-table gossip... Potpourri is the art of adding apples to pears…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/if-music-is-frozen-architecture-then-the-potpourri-is-frozen-coffee/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [Great art must proceed to precision and brevity. It presupposes the alert mind of an educated listener who, in a singleact of thinking, includes…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/great-art-must-proceed-to-precision-and-brevity-it-presupposes-the/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/my-work-should-be-judged-as-it-enters-the-ears-and-heads-of-listeners/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [I was never revolutionary. The only revolutionary in our time was Strauss!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-was-never-revolutionary-the-only-revolutionary-in-our-time-was/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [There is still plenty of good music to be written in C major.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/there-is-still-plenty-of-good-music-to-be-written-in-c-major/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [Rests always sound well.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/rests-always-sound-well/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [I have never seen faces, but because I have looked people in the eye, only their gazes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-have-never-seen-faces-but-because-i-have-looked-people-in-the-eye/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [I find above all that the expression, atonal music, is most unfortunate — it is on a par with calling flying the art of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-find-above-all-that-the-expression-atonal-music-is-most-unfortunate/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don't know whether this is the cause why I did…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-never-was-very-capable-of-expressing-my-feelings-or-emotions-in/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [Lucidity is the first purpose of color in music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/lucidity-is-the-first-purpose-of-color-in-music/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [An artistic impression is substantially the resultant of two components. One what the work of art gives the onlooker - the other, what he…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/an-artistic-impression-is-substantially-the-resultant-of-two/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [You cannot expect the Form before the Idea,For they will come into being together.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/you-cannot-expect-the-form-before-the-idea-for-they-will-come-into/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [I am the slave of an internal power more powerful than my education.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/i-am-the-slave-of-an-internal-power-more-powerful-than-my-education/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [The principal function of form is to advance our understanding. It is the organization of a piece which helps the listener to keep the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/the-principal-function-of-form-is-to-advance-our-understanding-it-is/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

> [My music is not modern, it is merely badly played](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/arnold-schoenberg/my-music-is-not-modern-it-is-merely-badly-played/)

[Arnold Schoenberg](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/arnold-schoenberg/)

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