SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951)

Lot 105
14.12.2022 10:30UTC +00:00
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Lot 105 | SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951)
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SCHOENBERG, Arnold (1874-1951)

Autograph album leaf signed ('A. Schönberg'), Berlin, 1 May 1928.

In German. 7 lines on one leaf, 165 x 209mm. Provenance: with David Schulson Autographs, 2000.



On the gradual acceptance of the impossible.

'In der ersten, wahrscheinlich größeren Hälfte meines Lebens sagte ich :

„das gibt’s nicht? – : das gibt’s nicht !“

Als ich jedoch ålter wurde :

„das gibt’s leider nicht.“

Aber ich fühle, ich werde bald sagen :

„das gibt’s Gottseidank nicht !“'



('In the first, probably longer, half of my life I used to say: "So that's impossible? – That's impossible!“ / As I grew older, I would say: "Unfortunately that's impossible." / But I feel that soon I will say: "Thank God that's impossible!"')







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