My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.


As quoted in an interview with José Rodriguez (c. 1936) in Schoenberg (1971) by Merle Armitage, p. 143

Arnold Schoenberg Quotes

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.

My work should be judged as it enters the ears and heads of listeners, not as it is described to the eyes of readers.