There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.
IGOR STRAVINSKYToo many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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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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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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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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I had another dream the other day about music critics. They were small and rodent-like with padlocked ears, as if they had stepped out of a painting by Goya.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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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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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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To continue in one path is to go backward.
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The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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