We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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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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All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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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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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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What force is more potent than love?
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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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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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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