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

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.

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

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.

Beauty becomes tinged with sadness when experienced alone.

There is no equality while privileges enjoyed by the many are denied to the few.

I write poems, I meditate. I don't live up to people's expectations. I don't do the conventional cool things - I know I am the coolest person.

I started on the fringes of journalism as a cartoonist on The Daily Mail.

At religious instruction classes, I encountered The Pilgrims Progress by John Bunyan, and the sincerity of the traveller in that book was overwhelming.

Gardening is a humbling experience.

Even if the sun refused to shine Even if romance ran out of rhyme You would still have my heart until the end of time You're all I need, my love, my Valentine

In a democracy, regulation of the press and imposing standards on it must be voluntary.

O Ceremony, show me but thy worth? What is thy soul of adoration? Art thou aught else but place, degree, and form, Creating awe and fear in other men?

pity runs its course. An hour comes when no hand but your own can build your future.