To continue in one path is to go backward.
IGOR STRAVINSKYSins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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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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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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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.
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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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It’s one of nature’s way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
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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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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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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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