In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He must beautify life and defend it. He must be a citizen first and foremost, so that… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
At home we didnt talk about religion. So gradually the question faded away by itself and disappeared from the agenda. When I was nineteen… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Formalism is music that people don't understand at first hearing. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My chief virtue (or if you like, defect) has been a tireless lifelong search for an original, individual musical idiom. I detest imitation, I… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
In my view, the composer, just as the poet, the sculptor or the painter, is in duty bound to serve Man, the people. He… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldn't compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
When the Second World War broke out, I felt that everyone must do his share, and I began composing songs and marches for the… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
Of course I have used dissonance in my time, but there has been too much dissonance. Bach used dissonance as good salt for his… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
My mother had to explain that one couldnt compose a Liszt rhapsody because it was a piece of music that Liszt himself had composed. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I want nothing better, more flexible or more complete than the sonata form, which contains everything necessary for my structural purposes. — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I have never doubted the importance of melody. I like melody very much, and I consider it the most important element in music, and… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
It seemed to me that had Haydn lived to our day he would have retained his own style while accepting something of the new… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
I strenuously object to the very word "grotesque" which has become hackneyed to the point of nausea...I would prefer my music to be described… — Sergei Prokofiev Copy Share Image
