Applause is a receipt, not a bill.

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The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, that is where the art resides

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The notes I handle no better than many pianists. But the pauses between the notes--ah, that is where the art resides!

Arthur Schnabel in in Chicago Daily News (11 June 1958)
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When I am asked, What do you think of our audience I answer, I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.

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When I am asked, "What do you think of our audience?" I answer, "I know two kinds of audiences only - one coughing, and one not coughing."

Arthur Schnabel in My Life and Music (1961)
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