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

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

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I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better...

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

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

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence...

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence...

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out...

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out...

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things,...

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things,...

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and...

A plague on eminence! I hardly dare cross the street anymore without a convoy, and...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent...

It's one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to...

It's one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to...

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits...

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits...

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible...

Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible...

Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible...

Just as appetite comes from eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible...

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the...

Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the...

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never...

The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never...

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can...

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can...

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?