Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
IGOR STRAVINSKYThe real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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We have a duty towards music, namely, to invent it.
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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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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
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One’s belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one’s conviction that one is right. We all feel we are right; but we felt the same way twenty years ago and today we know we weren’t always right.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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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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The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward.
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Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
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There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.
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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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