62 Quotes by Glenn Gould

If an artist wants to use his mind for creative work, cutting oneself off from society is a necessary thing

I detest audiences - not in their individual components, but en masse I detest audiences. I think they're a force of evil. It seems to me rule of mob law.

I always assumed everybody shared my love for overcast skies. It came as a shock to find out that some people prefer sunshine.

Everybody loves this place. It is so beautiful; everybody reaches out to one another.

u201Che G-minor Symphony consists of eight remarkable measures surrounded by a half-hour of banality.

I don't know what the effective ratio would be, but I've always had some sort of intuition that for every hour you spend in the company of other human beings, you need "x" number of hours alone. Now, what "x" represents I don't really know; it might be two and seven-eighths or seven and two-eighths, but it is a substantial ratio.

Once I turned pro, so to speak, I put away childish things forever.

A record is a concert without halls and a museum whose curator is the owner.

Mozart died too late rather than too soon.