Artur Schnabel on misunderstanding both the nature of wisdom and how it is obtained

    Confusion over what wisdom is and how one acquires it is as frequent today as it was in Artur Schnabel’s time. He says:

I would say that many of the questions asked [me by students] point to a belief in the existence of what I would call a safe conduct to wisdom, a trust in methods and books and rules to lead to the solution of problems, to settle everything. Also a belief that there is only one solution, one way, one type of experience. (Quoted from The Life of the Creative Spirit, p. 349.)

    For a brief biography of Artur Schnabel, click here.