All Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky Quotes
- Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made. Fail
- I feel I shall live a long time. Feel
- The creative process is like music which takes root with extraordinary force and rapidity Creative
- A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. Artist
- What I need is to believe in myself again— for my faith has been greatly undermined; it seems to me my role is over. Been
- It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result… Any
- Mozart is the highest, the culminating point that beauty has attained in the sphere of music. Attained
- The muse doesn't come without being called. Called
- When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, "The grave is my joy". Brahms
- Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down. Ask
- If that condition of mind and soul, which we call inspiration, lasted long without intermission, no artist could survive it. The strings would break and… Artist
- Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues its course in… Activity
- Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy. Doe
- Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music. Go
- To regret the past, to hope in the future, and never to be satisfied with the present: that is what I spend my whole life… Future
- …You see, my dear friend, I am made up of contradictions, and I have reached a very mature age without resting upon anything positive, without… Age
- I sit down to the piano regularly at nine-o'clock in the morning and Mesdames les Muses have learned to be on time for that rendezvous. Clock
- 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… Always Respond