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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

Igor Stravinsky

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
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End Music Principle Reason Start
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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Burn Money Worth
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Artist Greatness Potential Steal
Music is the coordination between man and time.
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Man Music Time
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
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Exhaust Genius Human Myself Rhythm Willing
There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.
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Life Lyrics Music Nature
Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Hurry Myself Time
Composition is selective improvisation.
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Improve One Liner Selective
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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Definite Music Point Succession
Revolution means turning the wheel.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

One Liner Revolution
The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.
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Commission Oneself Trick
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
It’s one of nature’s way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Feeling Generation Nature Way
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
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Ability Creation Humble Note True Worth
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Comment Music Pieces True
Music is given to us specifically to make order of things, to move from an anarchic, individualistic state to a regulated, perfectly concious one, which alone insures vitality and durability.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Alone Consciousness Music Order Perfection Regulation State

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