I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
IGOR STRAVINSKY- 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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Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by Villa Lobos?
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMoney may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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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 STRAVINSKYWhat 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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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 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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Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.
IGOR STRAVINSKYLook 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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We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.
IGOR STRAVINSKYWe can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
IGOR STRAVINSKYAn artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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Composition is selective improvisation.
IGOR STRAVINSKYComposition is selective improvisation.
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We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
IGOR STRAVINSKYWe have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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Music is the coordination between man and time.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMusic is the coordination between man and time.
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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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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
IGOR STRAVINSKYI never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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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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Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMusic is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.
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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
IGOR STRAVINSKYA cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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