Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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What force is more potent than love?
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It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as judges of works of art.
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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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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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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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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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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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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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The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.
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Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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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.
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