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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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 continue in one path is to go backward.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos he wrote one concerto 400 times.
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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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