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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.
Igor Stravinsky
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Igor Stravinsky
Age: 88 †
Born: 1882
Born: June 17
Died: 1971
Died: April 6
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.
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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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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.
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The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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