Tricks Quote by Igor Stravinsky

To compose is to remember music that has never been written.

— Robert Schumann

In order to compose, all you need to do is remember a tune that nobody else has thought of.

— Anonymous

Composing is like making love to the future.

— Lukas Foss

Composing is sort of an intuitive act. You have to put yourself in the right frame of mind.

— Howard Shore

Never compose anything unless the not composing of it becomes a positive nuisance to you.

— Gustav Holst

Composition is interesting because, in a sense, you always have to let it go. Unless you're a true composer/performer, you're always sending a PDF…

— Nico Muhly

I'm not really a professional composer; I just compose now and then when someone asks me to.

— Stephen Hough

I run around so much that I finally reasoned that composing is the one musical endeavour which you can do anywhere, anytime.

— Andre Previn

When you're composing for somebody, that means you have a boss. You have to do what it takes to, at the end of the…

— Adrian Younge

I don't think that because l'm a composer I only have to compose music.

— Joe Hisaishi

Nothing goes by luck in composition. It allows of no tricks. The best you can write will be the best you are.

— Henry David Thoreau

You can make anything by writing.

— Anonymous