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title: "9 Composer Does Quotes by 7 authors"
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> [A good composer does not imitate; he steals.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/igor-stravinsky/a-good-composer-does-not-imitate-he-steals/)

[Igor Stravinsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/igor-stravinsky/)

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> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but-2/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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> [A lot of what a composer does has to do with storytelling, and there are different ways of fusing music with picture…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/howard-shore/a-lot-of-what-a-composer-does-has-to-do-with-storytelling-and-there/)

[Howard Shore](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/howard-shore/)

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> [When you're making video, you're giving structure to time, which is what a composer does.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/bill-viola/when-you-re-making-video-you-re-giving-structure-to-time-which-is/)

[Bill Viola](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/bill-viola/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/15c/bill-viola-14184_composer_when-you-re-making-video-you-re-giving-s_173919.png)

> [The composer does not want the self-sufficiency of a richly complex text: he or she wants to feel that the text is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-fenton/the-composer-does-not-want-the-self-sufficiency-of-a-richly-complex/)

[James Fenton](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-fenton/)

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> [The greatest composer does not sit down to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-greatest-composer-does-not-sit-down-to-work-because-he-is/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

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> [I've come up with another formulation about style: that it's essentially a manifestation of a certain habitual set of limitations. It's what…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/james-tenney/i-ve-come-up-with-another-formulation-about-style-that-it-s/)

[James Tenney](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/james-tenney/)

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> [The great composer does not set to work because he is inspired, but becomes inspired because he is working. Beethoven, Wagner, Bach…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/ernest-newman/the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work-because-he-is-inspired-but/)

[Ernest Newman](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/ernest-newman/)

[Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/81c/ernest-newman-35854_accountants_the-great-composer-does-not-set-to-work_1321314.jpg)

> [The composer does not sit around and wait for an inspiration to walk up and introduce itself…Making music is actually little else…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/george-gershwin/the-composer-does-not-sit-around-and-wait-for-an-inspiration-to-walk/)

[George Gershwin](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/george-gershwin/)

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