Composition is selective improvisation.
IGOR STRAVINSKYI haven’t understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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The further one separates himself from the precepts of the Christian Church, the further one distances himself from the truth. Only God can create. I make music from music.
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Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
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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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Revolution means turning the wheel.
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The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting, any more than it has any reason for ending.
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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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Music is the coordination between man and time.
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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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What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.
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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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What force is more potent than love?
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To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
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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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Silence will save me from being wrong (and foolish), but it will also deprive me of the possibility of being right.
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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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