The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity.
DMITRI SHOSTAKOVICHOur business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.
More Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes
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When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something.
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I don’t know what will become of this piece. Our brave critics will no doubt charge me with imitating Ravel’s Bolero. Too bad – this is how I hear war.
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A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one.
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I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don’t succeed, I consider it my own fault.
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It’s about the people, who have stopped believing because the cup of evil has run over.
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Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward.
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Football is the ballet of the masses.
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The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There’s more of a chance then that they’ll survive.
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Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true!
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Those who have ears to hear, will hear.
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What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn’t laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in “serious” music.
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In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.
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Our business is rejoicing, our business is rejoicing.
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He fell like a chicken into the soup.
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I write music, it’s performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn’t need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music.
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