Friend Quote by Krzysztof Penderecki

I'm really just a frustrated violinist.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

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

I accept all of the music that I wrote.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I have lived through very difficult times.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

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

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

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

Big forms fascinate me.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Works of art inspire me to compose.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony.

— Krzysztof Penderecki

At school, I wrote in the style of the Dutch composers. After I graduated, a new style set in.

— Krzysztof Penderecki