We must always work, and a self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he … - Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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Pyotr Ilyich Tchaikovsky

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 endeavoring to meet it halfway, we easily become indirect and apathetic.

Artist, Easily, Hands, Meet, Mood, Self

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

Language, Mean, Moods, Powerful, Soul

…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

Beautiful, Philosophy, Religion, Stills, True, True Friend

Where the heart does not enter; there can be no music.

Doe, Enter, Heart, Music

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

Future, Past, Regret, Satisfied, Spend, Whole Life

Truly there would be reason to go mad were it not for music.

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