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

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

- Igor Stravinsky

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.

- Igor Stravinsky

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

- Igor Stravinsky

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

- 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

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

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

- Igor Stravinsky

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

- Igor Stravinsky

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