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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 the soul.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/music-possesses-much-richer-means-of-expression-and-it-is-a-more/)

[Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/pyotr-ilyich-tchaikovsky/)

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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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