Art Quote by Karl Kraus

“Part of what Brahms and others could never quite get over was that Bruckner the composer of epic symphonies behaved, much of the time,…

— Jan Swafford

I think the reason composers aren't valued is because many act as servants rather than music directors. Instead of taking a stand based on…

— M. Jayachandran

If an artist has talent, he needs no other critic.

— Robert Breault

Anton Bruckner wrote the same symphony nine times, trying to get it just right. He failed.

— Edward Abbey

To be a great composer requires immense experience... One acquires this by listening not only to other men's work, but above all to one's…

— Frederic Chopin

The artist must forget the audience, forget the critics, forget the technique, forget everything but love for the music. Then, the music speaks through…

— Mstislav Rostropovich

“Composers were warned not to strain the attention of their audience, as though we had not at our disposal different degrees of attention, among…

— Marcel Proust

In part of Lord Kames' Elements of Criticism, he says that "music improves the relish of a banquet." That I deny,--any more than painting…

— Laurence Sterne

What is so beautiful about a composer and a lyricist is that their job is to push a story along and not halt it.

— Keala Settle

All great musical composers have been connected, consciously or unconsciously, with this source of music-a fact that enabled them to become masters of their…

— Corinne Heline

For an artist, there's nothing better than working with an orchestra.

— Rene Angelil

It still amazes me how many musicians aren't really interested in engaging with their audience at all. Alfred Brendel, a pianist for whom I…

— Charles Hazlewood