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"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."
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"Well, first of all it's entertainment. That stops us becoming too pretentious or thinking we're great artists."
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"I think it would be nice to sell 15 million albums as a solo artist. I'd have to deal with all the repercussions of that, but that wouldn't be too bad."
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"The Renaissance is studded by the names of the artists and architects, with their creations recorded as great historical events."
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"There's not a hip-hop artist that didn't snatch of piece of Bob Marley. It's totally impossible."
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"Every portrait that is painted with feeling is a portrait of the artist, not of the sitter."
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"The number of contemporary artists who appeal to me is infinitesimal."
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"In Europe, architects consider themselves artists. They think they're special when they win a competition."
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"The critic has to educate the public; the artist has to educate the critic."
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"A record deal doesn't make you an artist; you make yourself an artist."
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"Besides me wanting to be an artist, I wanted to be a movie star."
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"What force is more potent than love?"
Love
"Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading."
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"I am an inventor of music."
Music
"What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators."
Artist
"I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust."
Genius
"Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?"
Music
"Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it."
Music
"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal."
Artist
"The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution."
Execution
"In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?"
Love
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