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I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.

Igor Stravinsky

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I am an inventor of music.
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Invention Music Myself
Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Hurry Myself Time
Composition is frozen improvisation.
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Describe Improvisation One Liner
The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
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Aware Conscious Himself Thinking Time Willing Work
My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.
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Childhood Connection Hell Moments Myself Period
A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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Cultural Familiar Unknown
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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Burn Money Worth
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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Art Control Freedom Limitation
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
I haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.
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Feeling Life Music Myself Understand
Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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Art Chaos One Liner
Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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Deep Fame Myself Risk Save Shame Silence
I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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Myself Prayer Reality Writing
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.
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Alone Consciousness Music Order Perfection Regulation State
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Artist Greatness Potential Steal
Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Animal Children Life Music Myself Symphony Understand

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