My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMy God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
IGOR STRAVINSKYIt 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.
IGOR STRAVINSKYNothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
IGOR STRAVINSKYComposition is selective improvisation.
IGOR STRAVINSKYWe have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
IGOR STRAVINSKYWhat force is more potent than love?
IGOR STRAVINSKYThe principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
IGOR STRAVINSKYWhat gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
IGOR STRAVINSKYHurry? I have no time to hurry.
IGOR STRAVINSKYThe 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 STRAVINSKYMusic is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
IGOR STRAVINSKYAll you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
IGOR STRAVINSKYAll music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
IGOR STRAVINSKYInvention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
IGOR STRAVINSKYA good composer does not imitate; he steals.
IGOR STRAVINSKY