I always make sure that the lid over the keyboard is open before I start to play.

The sonatas of Mozart are unique; they are too easy for children, and too difficult for artists.

I know two kinds of audiences only--one coughing, and one not coughing.

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

Sunshine can burn you, food can poison you, words can condemn you, pictures can insult you; music cannot punish - only bless.

When a piece gets difficult, make faces.

Children are given Mozart because of the small quantity of the notes; grown-ups avoid Mozart because of the great quality of the notes.

Mozart is a garden, Schubert is a forest in light and shade, but Beethoven is a mountain range.

Practice in tranquility.

It is not music's function to express rational necessities.

Applause is a receipt, not a note of demand.

We were silent, tired, and happy, and it was pure hygge.

In the end, I always act from the heart, even if I also value reason and tradition. I wish I could explain why, but I don't know.

The beef industry has contributed to more American deaths than all the wars of this century, all natural disasters, and all automobile accidents combined.

Action is the only reality; not only reality, but morality as well.

Sometimes I feel like I'm seeing it all at once and it's too much. My heart fills up like a balloon that's about to burst.

Women who are devoted to causes, such as overpopulation and the underprivileged [sic], are much less interested in fashion than, let's say, those who lunch at La Grenouille and Le Cirque.

... still his philanthropy was of that gunpowderous sort that the difference between it and animosity was hard to determine.

Make your plans to fit the circumstances.

We were all born to "be somebody," look deep inside your heart to find out who and what you are supposed to be.