Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.
IGOR STRAVINSKYMusic is given to us specifically to make order of things, to move from an anarchic, individualistic state to a regulated, perfectly concious one, which alone insures vitality and durability.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.
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All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols.
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Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
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Music is the sole domain in which man realizes the present.
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Good composers don’t borrow, they steal.
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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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I never am sea sick, never. I am sea drunk!
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Art postulates communion, and the artist has an imperative need to make others share the joy which he experiences himself.
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A cultural snob is someone who claims to be familiar with the incomprehensible.
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I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
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Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.
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Mediocrity borrows, genius steals.
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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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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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