"No pianist, it is unnecessary to say, has an all-embracing culture. Like any other, Horowitz has had his specialties.…"

"I was impressed mostly by Gieseking [Horowitz said in 1987]. He had a finished style, played with elegance, and had a…"

"Interesting pianist, but I think he is just a little bit meshuga."

"Of the Russian pianists I like only one, Richter. Gilels did some things well, but I did not like his mannerisms, the…"

"I heard Edwin Fischer, who did not mean much to me. I heard another pianist in Berlin who had a big success and I tho…"

"I liked him [Arthur Rubinstein] as a pianist. He was a good musician and had a fantastic repertoire. He never had a g…"

"there are three kinds of pianists: Jewish pianists, homosexual pianists, and bad pianists."

"I don’t believe that about his Chopin, actually. I think his Chopin was extraordinarily perceptive and terribly perso…"

"Nearly five years have passed since I had the opportunity to admire this magician of the keyboard. My impatience to h…"

"Bonmot in eigener Sache: "Es gibt nur jüdische, schwule und schlechte Pianisten.""