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Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes

A great piece of music is beautiful, regardless of how it is performed Picture Quote #1

Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true! Picture Quote #1

People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko ‘s poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence Picture Quote #1

The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity Picture Quote #1

Those who have ears to hear, will hear Picture Quote #1

The majority of my symphonies are tombstones Picture Quote #1

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When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something Picture Quote #1

Football is the ballet of the masses Picture Quote #1

Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise Picture Quote #1

In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music Picture Quote #1

I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don’t succeed, I consider it my own fault Picture Quote #1

The most uninteresting part of the biography of a composer is his childhood. All those preludes are the same and the reader hurries on to the fugue Picture Quote #1

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I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible, and if I don’t succeed I consider it’s my own fault Picture Quote #1

Every piece of music is a form of personal expression for its creator... If a work doesnt express the composers own personal point of view, his own ideas, then it doesnt, in my opinion, even deserve to be born Picture Quote #1

I write music, it’s performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn’t need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music Picture Quote #1

A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one Picture Quote #1

We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes Picture Quote #1

The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There’s more of a chance then that they’ll survive Picture Quote #1

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What you have in your head, put down on paper. The head is a fragile vessel Picture Quote #1

It’s about the people, who have stopped believing because the cup of evil has run over Picture Quote #1

Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward Picture Quote #1

Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture Picture Quote #1

If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth Picture Quote #1

What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn’t laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in serious music Picture Quote #1

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A great piece of music is beautiful, regardless of how it is performed (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Music is good, not evil. Poetry is good, not evil. Primitive, but oh, so true! (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) People knew about Babi Yar before Yevtushenko ‘s poem, but they were silent. And when they read the poem, the silence was broken. Art destroys silence (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) The real geniuses know where their writing has to be good and where they can get away with some mediocrity (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Those who have ears to hear, will hear (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) The majority of my symphonies are tombstones (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) When a man is in despair, it means that he still believes in something (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Football is the ballet of the masses (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible; and if I don’t succeed, I consider it my own fault (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) The most uninteresting part of the biography of a composer is his childhood. All those preludes are the same and the reader hurries on to the fugue (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) I always try to make myself as widely understood as possible, and if I don’t succeed I consider it’s my own fault (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Every piece of music is a form of personal expression for its creator... If a work doesnt express the composers own personal point of view, his own ideas, then it doesnt, in my opinion, even deserve to be born (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) I write music, it’s performed. After all, my music says it all. It doesn’t need historical and hysterical commentaries. In the long run, any words about music are less important than the music (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) A creative artist works on his next composition because he was not satisfied with his previous one (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) We should think more about it, and accustom ourselves to the thought of death. We can’t allow the fear of death to creep up on us unexpectedly. We have to make the fear familiar, and one way is to write about it. I don’t think writing and thinking about death is characteristic only of old men. I think that if people began thinking about death sooner, they’d make fewer foolish mistakes (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) The best way to hold on to something is to pay no attention to it. The things you love too much perish. You have to treat everything with irony, especially the things you hold dear. There’s more of a chance then that they’ll survive (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) What you have in your head, put down on paper. The head is a fragile vessel (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) It’s about the people, who have stopped believing because the cup of evil has run over (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Real music is always revolutionary, for it cements the ranks of the people; it arouses them and leads them onward (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) Music is a means capable of expressing dark dramatism and pure rapture, suffering and ecstasy, fiery and cold fury, melancholy and wild merriment – and the subtlest nuances and interplay of these feelings which words are powerless to express and which are unattainable in painting and sculpture (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) If they cut off both hands, I will compose music anyway holding the pen in my teeth (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes) What can be considered human emotions? Surely not only lyricism, sadness, tragedy? Doesn’t laughter also have a claim to that lofty title? I want to fight for the legitimate right of laughter in serious music (Dmitri Shostakovich Quotes)