I am an inventor of music.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

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I am an inventor of music.

Igor Stravinsky

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What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Chance Element Fluctuation
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Composition is selective improvisation.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Composition is selective improvisation.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Improve Selective
Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Flow Order Structure
A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Cultural Familiar Unknown
Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Steal
I never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

I never understood the need for a “live” audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Audience Performance
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Pieces
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Inspiration
We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Slow
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Confusion
An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

An artist is like a pig snouting truffles.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

The more controlled, limited and tormented art is, the freer it is.
IGOR STRAVINSKY
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

IGOR STRAVINSKY

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Imitation Steal
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Listening

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