Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
IGOR STRAVINSKYRevolution means turning the wheel.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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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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One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.
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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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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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We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
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I take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
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The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one.
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I never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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