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> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/there-is-no-doubt-that-even-the-greatest-musical-geniuses-have/)

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## More by Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/we-must-always-work-and-a-self-respecting-artist-must-not-fold-his/)

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> [ I have put my whole soul into this work \[The Pathetique Symphony\] . . . You cannot imagine what joy I feel at the… ](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/i-have-put-my-whole-soul-into-this-work-the-pathetique-symphony-you/)

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> [Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/only-music-clarifies-reconciles-and-consoles-but-it-is-not-a-straw/)

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> [How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/how-can-one-express-the-indefinable-sensations-that-one-experiences/)

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> [Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/madam-you-ask-me-how-i-compose-i-compose-sitting-down/)

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> [Music possesses much richer means of expression and it is a more subtle medium for translating the 1000 shifting moments of the feelings of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/music-possesses-much-richer-means-of-expression-and-it-is-a-more/)

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> [Mozart is the musical Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/mozart-is-the-musical-christ/)

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> [Music is an incomparably more powerful means and is a subtler language for expressing the thousand different moments of the soul's moods.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/music-is-an-incomparably-more-powerful-means-and-is-a-subtler/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/sometimes-i-observe-with-curiosity-that-uninterrupted-activity-which/)

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> [There is no doubt that even the greatest musical geniuses have sometimes worked without inspiration. This guest (inspiration) does not always respond to the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/there-is-no-doubt-that-even-the-greatest-musical-geniuses-have/)

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> [When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy".](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/when-brahms-is-in-extra-good-spirits-he-sings-the-grave-is-my-joy/)

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> [The muse doesn't come without being called.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/the-muse-doesn-t-come-without-being-called/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/what-i-have-set-down-in-a-moment-of-ardour-i-must-then-critically/)

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> [Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/mozart-is-the-highest-the-culminating-point-that-beauty-has-attained/)

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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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/it-is-already-a-great-thing-if-the-main-ideas-and-general-outline-of/)

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