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Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself.

Igor Stravinsky

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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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Belief Dangerous Oneself Right Sincere
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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Burn Money Worth
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Confusion Imagination Invention
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 Control Depression Element Fluctuation
Music’s exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.
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Flow Music Order Structure Time
The one true comment on a piece of music is another piece of music.
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Comment Music Pieces True
My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Alcohol Drink Favorite God Myself
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Artist Himself Imitation Reality
All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose.
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Definite Music Point Succession
To continue in one path is to go backward.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Back Oneself Path
The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Artist Creation Gift Hands Observation Talent
Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Difference Enough Listening Music
Revolution means turning the wheel.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

One Liner Revolution
Composers combine notes, that’s all.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Compose Note One Liner
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.
IGOR STRAVINSKY

Artistic Oneself Pride Reason Talent
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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Goodness Himself Imitation Steal

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