The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.
IGOR STRAVINSKYIs it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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My music is best understood by children and animals.
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My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
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What force is more potent than love?
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The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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To continue in one path is to go backward.
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Composition is selective improvisation.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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I never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
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Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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