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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Igor Stravinsky

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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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Myself Sea Sick
The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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General Love Music Teaching Trouble
Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
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Man Music Present Realization
All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Close Eyes Symbol Yourself
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Artist Himself Imitation Reality
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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Master Music Song
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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Art Control Freedom Limitation
Revolution means turning the wheel.
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One Liner Revolution
In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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Creation Force Love Order Reproduction
The performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
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Challenge Development Performance Threat
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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Average Genius Steal
Composition is selective improvisation.
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Improve One Liner Selective
We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.
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Clock Control Fly Instrument Journey Slow Time
It’s one of nature’s way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
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