We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If we wait for the mood, without endeavoring to meet it halfway, we easily become indirect and… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the first invitation. We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share Image
We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. If… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
I have put my whole soul into this work [The Pathetique Symphony] . . . You cannot imagine what joy I feel at the… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter,… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
Music possesses much richer means of expression and it is a more subtle medium for translating the 1000 shifting moments of the feelings of… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
Music is an incomparably more powerful means and is a subtler language for expressing the thousand different moments of the soul's moods. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy". — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
What I have set down in a moment of ardour I must then critically examine. Sometimes I must do myself violence before I can… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music. — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the… — Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Copy Share
