Author: Glenn Gould

Quotes

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

Isolation is the one sure way to human happiness.

- Glenn Gould

By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.

By the time I was six, I made an important discovery that I get along much better with animals than humans.

- Glenn Gould

Perhaps the most important thing that technology does is free the listener to participate in ways that in all previous periods of listening were governed by the performer.

Perhaps the most important thing that technology does is free the listener to participate in ways that in all previous periods of listening were governed by the performer.

- Glenn Gould

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

The purpose of art is not the release of a momentary ejection of adrenaline but is, rather, the gradual, lifelong construction of a state of wonder and serenity.

- Glenn Gould

To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.

To me, the ideal artist-to-audience relationship is a one-to-zero relationship. The artist should be granted anonymity.

- Glenn Gould

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