Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
IGOR STRAVINSKYHurry? I have no time to hurry.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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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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The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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To continue in one path is to go backward.
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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What force is more potent than love?
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Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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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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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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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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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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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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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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