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> [Works of art inspire me to compose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/works-of-art-inspire-me-to-compose/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

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## More by Krzysztof Penderecki

> [I'm really just a frustrated violinist.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-m-really-just-a-frustrated-violinist/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I started to write religious music at a time when it was absolutely impossible. The first religious work I wrote was the 'Psalms of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-started-to-write-religious-music-at-a-time-when-it-was-absolutely/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I accept all of the music that I wrote.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-accept-all-of-the-music-that-i-wrote/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I have lived through very difficult times.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-have-lived-through-very-difficult-times/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I started with very tonal 19th-century music because I wanted to be a violinist as a child. So this was my first music, and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-started-with-very-tonal-19th-century-music-because-i-wanted-to-be-a/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [The communists saw what we did in the arts as the only product of socialism that was known in the West, so they tolerated…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/the-communists-saw-what-we-did-in-the-arts-as-the-only-product-of/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [When the Second World War started, I was only five but I still remember... Being a witness... I wanted people to remember what happened…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/when-the-second-world-war-started-i-was-only-five-but-i-still/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [Big forms fascinate me.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/big-forms-fascinate-me/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [Works of art inspire me to compose.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/works-of-art-inspire-me-to-compose/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I must never change my way - because of critics who may not like it - I preserve my language and my style.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-must-never-change-my-way-because-of-critics-who-may-not-like-it-i/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [Chopin is a great composer who influenced many, many important composers. He was a great innovator, especially in harmony.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/chopin-is-a-great-composer-who-influenced-many-many-important/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [At school, I wrote in the style of the Dutch composers. After I graduated, a new style set in.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/at-school-i-wrote-in-the-style-of-the-dutch-composers-after-i/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I was growing up in a communist time, especially, and the other music, the western music, was banned, so on radio half of the…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-was-growing-up-in-a-communist-time-especially-and-the-other-music/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [Latin is an international language.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/latin-is-an-international-language/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

> [I always felt independent of musical fashion.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/krzysztof-penderecki/i-always-felt-independent-of-musical-fashion/)

[Krzysztof Penderecki](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/krzysztof-penderecki/)

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