Claudio Arrau Professions : Pianist Born : February 6, 1903 Died : June 9, 1991 Browse All Authors Top 6 quotes by Claudio Arrau I don't say that I never feel fear before a performance, but I have learned to channel it. Claudio Arrau i-have-learned performances feels When I am playing, I am in ecstasy; that is what I live for. Claudio Arrau ecstasy The body is a rock; the arms are snakes Claudio Arrau snakes arms rocks Mozart shows a creative power of such magnitude that one can virtually say that he tossed out of himself one great masterpiece after another. Claudio Arrau magnitude masterpiece creative I think it's beautiful to practice. I love to practice. Claudio Arrau practice beautiful thinking An interpreter must give his blood to the work interpreted. Claudio Arrau interpreter giving blood Similar Authors Arthur Rubinstein pianist Arthur H pianist Anton Rubinstein pianist Andre Previn pianist Alice Herz-Sommer pianist Alfred Brendel pianist All Authors