I was born out of due time in the sense that by temperament and talent I should have been more suited for the life of a small Bach, living in anonymity and composing regularly for an established service and for…

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Topics: God Quotes, Life Quotes, Living Quotes

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...

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

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...

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...

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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...

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...

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not...

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not...

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

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...

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,...

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...

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...

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...

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

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

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.

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...

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...

Manage Cookies