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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.

Igor Stravinsky

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Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Difference Enough Listening Music
The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.
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Creation Distance God Music Separate
Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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Average Genius Steal
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Artist Himself Imitation Reality
To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Alone Art Close Hell Philosophy
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
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End Music Principle Reason Start
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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Architect Build Himself Home Invention Live
What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
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Chance Control Depression Element Fluctuation
Composition is frozen improvisation.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Describe Improvisation One Liner
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Goodness Himself Imitation Steal
We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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Creation Invention Music Name
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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End Music Pieces Song
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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Art Control Freedom Limitation
Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
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Art Artist Experience Himself Joy Share Unity
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

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