Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMusic is the coordination between man and time.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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It is my conviction that the public always shows itself more honest in its spontaneity than do those who officially set themselves up as judges of works of art.
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I am an inventor of music.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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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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Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either.
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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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The performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
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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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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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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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