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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

Igor Stravinsky

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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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Describe Improvisation One Liner
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 performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
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Challenge Development Performance Threat
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
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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Beginning Eat Inspiration Work
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
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
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 good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Goodness Himself Imitation Steal
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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Master Music Song
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Forgiveness One Liner Sin
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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Art Control Freedom Limitation
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one.
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Freedom Oneself Perspective Restriction
Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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Alone Essence Love Success
I am an inventor of music.
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Invention Music Myself

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