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Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.

Igor Stravinsky

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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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One’s belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one’s conviction that one is right. We all feel we are right; but we felt the same way twenty years ago and today we know we weren’t always right.
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Belief Dangerous Oneself Right Sincere
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
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Confusion Imagination Invention
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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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
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
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one.
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Freedom Oneself Perspective Restriction
Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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