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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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 listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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