Author: Igor Stravinsky

Quotes

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?

- Igor Stravinsky

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

- Igor Stravinsky

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

- Igor Stravinsky

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

- Igor Stravinsky

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

- Igor Stravinsky

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.

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.

- Igor Stravinsky

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.

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.

- Igor Stravinsky

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

- Igor Stravinsky

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

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

- Igor Stravinsky

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