The faculty of creating is never given to us all by itself. It always goes hand in hand with the gift of observation.
IGOR STRAVINSKYThe true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
More Igor Stravinsky Quotes
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My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.
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Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
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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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Silence, which will save from shame, will also deprive me of fame.
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Composition is frozen improvisation.
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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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Composers combine notes, that’s all.
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I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
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Music 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.
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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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The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
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Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.
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Hurry? I have no time to hurry.
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Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
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To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell.
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