The count

"There are three things I don't believe in:  I don't believe in medicine.  I don't believe in sunspots.  And I don't believe in the art of conducting." - Leo Tolstoy, cited by Gennadi Rozhdestvens in the cogent twinbill'd documentaries Red Baton/Conductor or Conjuror. Google produced no other hits on this, which leads me to believe the quote might be apocryphal.  On the otherhand, when you consider some of the other audacious things he's said, it does sound distinctly Tolstoyian. 

...more Rozhdestvens:

"One reason why I refuse to accept a permanent position is that, in today's world, a musical director is also obliged to lead a very active social life.  I find that unbearable.  I'm incapable of making small talk.  After a concert I'd be forced to smile politely and talk about the four inches of snow in Moscow"