Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
IGOR STRAVINSKYJust as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
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Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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I am an inventor of music.
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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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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.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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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.
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My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa Lobos?
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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