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I wonder if memory is true, and I know that it cannot be, but that one lives by memory nevertheless and not by truth.
Igor Stravinsky
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Igor Stravinsky
Age: 88 †
Born: 1882
Born: June 17
Died: 1971
Died: April 6
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Music must be listened to it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
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