Quotes by Arnold Schoenberg

About Arnold Schoenberg:

Arnold Schoenberg was an Austrian composer and painter, associated with the expressionist movement in German poetry and art, and leader of the Second Viennese School. With the rise of the Nazi Party, by 1938 Schoenberg's works were labelled as degenerate music because he was Jewish (Anon. 1997–2013); he moved to the United States in 1934.
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If it is art, it is not for all, and if it is for all, it is not art.

Arnold Schoenberg

I never was very capable of expressing my feelings or emotions in words. I don't know whether this is the cause why I did it in music and also why I did it in painting. Or vice versa: That I had this way as an outlet. I could renounce expressing some...

Arnold Schoenberg

I owe very, very much to Mozart; and if one studies, for instance, the way in which I write for string quartet, then one cannot deny that I have learned this directly from Mozart. And I am proud of it!

Arnold Schoenberg

Author Bio

  • NameArnold Schoenberg
  • DescriptionAustrian composer and painter
  • AliasesArnold Schönberg
  • BornSeptember 13, 1874
  • DiedJuly 13, 1951
  • CountryAustria
  • ProfessionComposer; Painter; Musicologist; Music Theorist
  • WorksErwartung; Verklärte Nacht; A Survivor From Warsaw