…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 is worth living
Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Madam, you ask me how I compose. I compose sitting down.
- Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The muse doesn't come without being called. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
The muse doesn't come without being called.
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Inspiration is a guest that does not willingly visit the lazy.
Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music.
Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music. - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.
Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues … - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
Sometimes I observe with curiosity that uninterrupted activity which, independent of the subject of any conversation I may be carrying on, continues …
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 - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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
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… - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
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…
If that condition of mind and soul, which we call inspiration, lasted long without intermission, no artist could survive it. The strings would break … - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky
If that condition of mind and soul, which we call inspiration, lasted long without intermission, no artist could survive it. The strings would break …
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