We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
Vivaldi didn't write 400 concertos; he wrote one concerto 400 times.
My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.