Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
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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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.
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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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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.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Music is the coordination between man and time.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
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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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Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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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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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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