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Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - From the Criticism category:
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. (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - From the Failure category:
Even in the works of the greatest master, the organic sequence can fail and then a skillful join must be made. (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - From the Ideas category:
It is already a great thing if the main ideas and general outline of a work come without any racking of brains, as the result of that supernatural and inexplicable force we call inspiration. (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - From the Inspiration category:
If that condition of mind and soul which we call inspiration lasted long without intermission, no artist could survive it. The strings would break and the instrument be shattered into fragments. (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky - From the Work category:
A self-respecting artist must not fold his hands on the pretext that he is not in the mood. (Peter Ilyich Tchaikovsky)
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