I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

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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...

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,...

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing...

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing...

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...

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...

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

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

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...

In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more...

Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's...

Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's...

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious...

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What...

I remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What...

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of...

The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of...

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

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...

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

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...

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing...

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing...

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that...

Several hard-core Star Wars fans who had tickets for the first showing actually said that...

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was...

There was nothing to react to except wind and trees [in Cast Away]. It was...