Stephen Hough: Let`s Think About What Classical Music Does And How People Get It
(ArtsJournal)

I think the problem is that, since the Second World War, we have confused `daring` with `breaking rules for the sake of doing so.` Beethoven was a great rules-bender, rather than rule-breaker. Even his most outrageous pieces, like the late quartets, are still within classical forms. He doesn`t smash [the guidelines set down by his predecessors]. […]