A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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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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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
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I wonder if memory is true, and I know that it cannot be, but that one lives by memory nevertheless and not by truth.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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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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The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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The performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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The profound meaning of music’s essential aim, is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being.
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