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Mozart is the musical Christ....

Mozart is the musical Christ.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Sometimes I observe with curio...

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 that department of my brain that is devoted to music.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Music is an incomparably more ...

Music is an incomparably more powerful means and is a subtler language for expressing the thousand different moments of the soul's moods.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

I sit down to the piano regula...

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.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

You see, my dear friend, I am...

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 having calmed my restless spirit either by religion or philosophy. Undoubtedly I should have gone mad but for music. Music is indeed the most beautiful of all Heaven's gifts to humanity wandering in the darkness. Alone it calms, enlightens, and stills our souls. It is not the straw to which the drowning man clings; but a true friend, refuge, and comforter, for whose sake life

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

To regret the past, to hope in...

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 doing

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

I feel I shall live a long tim...

I feel I shall live a long time.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

After the last notes of Gotter...

After the last notes of Gotterdammerung I felt as though I had been let out of prison.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Inspiration is a guest that do...

Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

The muse doesn't come without ...

The muse doesn't come without being called.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

How can one express the indefi...

How can one express the indefinable sensations that one experiences while writing an instrumental composition that has no definite subject? It is a purely lyrical process. It is a musical confession of the soul, which unburdens itself through sounds just as a lyric poet expresses himself through poetry...As the poet Heine said, 'Where words leave off, music begins.'

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

When Brahms is in extra good s...

When Brahms is in extra good spirits, he sings, 'The grave is my joy'.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Madam, you ask me how I compos...

Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

What I have set down in a mome...

What I have set down in a moment of ardour I must then critically examine. Sometimes I must do myself violence before I can mercilessly erase things thought out with love.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Only music clarifies, reconcil...

Only music clarifies, reconciles, and consoles. But it is not a straw just barely clutched at. It is a faithful friend, protector, and comforter, and for its sake alone, life in this world is worth living. Who knows, perhaps in heaven there will be no music. So let us live on the earth while we still have life!

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

I like the plot of The Nutcrac...

I like the plot of The Nutcracker - not at all.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Music possesses much richer me...

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.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Handel is only fourth rate. He...

Handel is only fourth rate. He's not even interesting.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

Even in the works of the great...

Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made.

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There is no doubt that even th...

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 invitation. 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 we wait for the mood, without endeavouring to meet it half-way, we easily become indolent and apathetic. We must be patient, and believe that inspiration will come to those who can master their disinclination.

Petr Chaikovskiy 31 quotes

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