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.
IGOR STRAVINSKYTo continue in one path is to go backward.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
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Doomed to total failure in a deaf world of ignorance and indifference, he inexorably kept on cutting out his diamonds, his dazzling diamonds, of whose mines he had a perfect knowledge.
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We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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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 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 music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa Lobos?
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I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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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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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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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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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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