Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
IGOR STRAVINSKYJust as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.
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Composition is selective improvisation.
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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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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We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
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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.
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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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To continue in one path is to go backward.
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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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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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