One has a nose. The nose scents and it chooses. An artist is simply a kind of pig snouting truffles.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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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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The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one.
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Music is the coordination between man and time.
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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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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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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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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.
IGOR STRAVINSKY






