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“Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.”

Igor Stravinsky

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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

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One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.

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Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.

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A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.

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