In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Topics: Random Love Quotes

My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone...

My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone...

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

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...

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...

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.

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...

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

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...

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too...

The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too...

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...

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...

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...

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

An epic is the easiest kind of picture to make badly.

I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to...

I met someone on the street who said wasn't it great that we're going to...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...

A film is never really good unless the camera is an eye in the head...