An artist is like a pig snouting truffles. Igor Stravinsky More Quotes by Igor Stravinsky More Quotes From Igor Stravinsky All you have to do is close your eyes and wait for the symbols. Igor Stravinsky shantaram eye waiting Mediocrity borrows, genius steals. Igor Stravinsky mediocrity stealing genius What I cannot follow are the manic-depressive fluctuations from total control to no control, from the serialization of all elements to chance. Igor Stravinsky fluctuation elements chance Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any. Igor Stravinsky masterpiece greatness I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one. Igor Stravinsky mass real writing Good composers don't borrow, they steal Igor Stravinsky composer stealing We cannot describe sound, but we cannot forget it either. Igor Stravinsky forget-it sound forget Conformism is so hot on the heels of the mass-produced avant-garde that the 'ins' and the 'outs' change places with the speed of mach 3. Igor Stravinsky avant-garde fashion hot Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn. Igor Stravinsky kindles may long We have a duty towards music; namely to invent it. ...Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the act of invention implies the necessity of a lucky find and of achieving realization of this find. What we imagine does not necessarily take on concrete form and may remain in a state of virtuality; whereas invention is not conceivable apart from its actually being worked out. Igor Stravinsky confused imagination doe We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too late to ask where we are going. Igor Stravinsky speed flying too-late Composition is frozen improvisation. Igor Stravinsky composition improvisation frozen The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation. Igor Stravinsky music challenges years Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals. Igor Stravinsky symphony animal children The trick is to compose what one wants to compose and to get it commissioned afterward. Igor Stravinsky tricks want
