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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.

Igor Stravinsky

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The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.
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Commission Oneself Trick
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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Master Music Song
The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.
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Artist Creation Gift Hands Observation Talent
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
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa Lobos?
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Artist Music Myself Pieces
An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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Animal Artist
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Artist Greatness Potential Steal
Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
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Man Music Present Realization
To continue in one path is to go backward.
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Back Oneself Path
Composition is selective improvisation.
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Improve One Liner Selective
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
We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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Forget Music Sound
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
I never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
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Audience Death Live Music Need Performance Understand
Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Hurry Myself Time

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