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Composers combine notes, that’s all.

Igor Stravinsky

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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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It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as judges of works of art.
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I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya.
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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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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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The profound meaning of music’s essential aim, is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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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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Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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