Author: Igor Stravinsky

Quotes

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

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

- Igor Stravinsky

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

- Igor Stravinsky

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.

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.

- Igor Stravinsky

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.

- Igor Stravinsky

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.

- Igor Stravinsky

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

- 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

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