Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quotes - Page 2

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• It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result of that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration.

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  Inspiration, Ideas, Brain

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• When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy".

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  Music, Joy, Spirit

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• Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made.

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  Failing, Made, Masters

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• Brahms stayed an extra day to hear my [Fifth] Symphony and was very kind ... I like his honesty and open-mindedness. Neither he nor the players liked the finale, which I also think rather horrible.

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  Honesty, Player, Thinking

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• Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course in that department of my brain that is devoted to music.

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  Independent, Brain, Curiosity

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• What I have set down in a moment of ardour I must then critically examine. Sometimes I must do myself violence before I can mercilessly erase things thought out with love.

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  Violence, Sometimes, Moments

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