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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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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
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
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
Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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Art Chaos One Liner
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
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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Artist Himself Imitation Reality
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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Difference Effort Listening
Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Hurry Myself Time
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
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Confusion Imagination Invention
Revolution means turning the wheel.
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One Liner Revolution
All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Close Eyes Symbol Yourself
Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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Essential Expression Music Nature
It’s one of nature’s way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
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Feeling Generation Nature Way
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Goodness Himself Imitation Steal
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
My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Animal Best Children Music Understand

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