Igor Stravinsky quotes and words of wisdom

"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."
Found in the topic End.

"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.""
Found in the topic Music.

"My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone connected to it to hell."
Found in the topic Everyone.

"What force is more potent than love?"
Found in the topic Unsorted.

"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."
Found in the topic Compose.

"Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning."
Found in the topic Begin.

Interesting Quotes

We do not inherit this land from our ancestors; we borrow it from our children.Haida Indian saying

It is even harder for the average ape to believe that he has descended from man.Henry Louis Mencken