"The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.”
By Benjamin Britten, British composer
"A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out."
By Ernest Newman
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."
By Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
By John Cage
"It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table."
By Johannes Brahms
"A creative artist works on his next composition because he is not satisfied with his previous one.
By Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer
By Benjamin Britten, British composer
"A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out."
By Ernest Newman
"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."
By Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer
"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
By John Cage
"It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table."
By Johannes Brahms
"A creative artist works on his next composition because he is not satisfied with his previous one.
By Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer
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