I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless. What is necessary are people like Karajan, [fellow recording producer John] Culshaw and me; …

- Walter Legge

Democracy is fatal for the arts; it leads only to chaos or the achievement of new and lower common denominators of quality.

- Walter Legge

I am convinced that in the arts, committees are useless.

- Walter Legge

I disliked singing in English and neither liked the story nor the character of Cressida.

- Walter Legge