An artist is like a pig snouting truffles. Igor Stravinsky More Quotes by Igor Stravinsky More Quotes From Igor Stravinsky All music is nothing more than a succession of impulses that converge towards a definite point of repose. Igor Stravinsky succession impulse music-is A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live. Igor Stravinsky architect inspiration house What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators. Igor Stravinsky artist real giving The true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note. Igor Stravinsky perception may attention Composers combine notes, that's all. Igor Stravinsky composer notes I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific'. Igor Stravinsky abstract-painting age negative 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 awareness real thinking One's belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one's conviction that one is right. We all feel we are right; but we felt the same way twenty years ago and today we know we weren't always right. Igor Stravinsky twenties today years Revolution means turning the wheel. Igor Stravinsky wheels revolution mean To be deprived of art and left alone with philosophy is to be close to Hell. Igor Stravinsky hell philosophy art Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration. Igor Stravinsky pressure age long It's one of nature's way that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us. Igor Stravinsky grandma nature relationship Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven. Igor Stravinsky undone forgiven sin I live neither in the past nor in the future. I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity. Igor Stravinsky music today past The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one Igor Stravinsky constraints precision freedom Music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all. Music expresses itself. Igor Stravinsky powerless music-is The profound meaning of music's essential aim... is to produce a communion, a union of man with his fellow man with the Supreme Being Igor Stravinsky inspiration men profound 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 relationship drama book Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being? Igor Stravinsky essence success love 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 starting-over becoming principles
