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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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Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
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Confusion Imagination Invention
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
My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Animal Best Children Music Understand
Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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Average Genius 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
Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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Flow Music Order Structure Time
Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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Establishment Man Music Ourselves Purpose Time
I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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Myself Sea Sick
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Knowledge Learning Life Mistake Pursuit Wisdom
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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Instrument Live Music Play Silence
Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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Compose Note One Liner
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Close Eyes Symbol Yourself
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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Master Music Song
We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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Forget Music Sound

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