It's one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

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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...

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears...

To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears...

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...

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...

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...

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

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 good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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...

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...

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...

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer...

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer...

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 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...

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...

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...

Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings...

Love is like a violin. The music may stop now and then, but the strings...

Music is always a commentary on society.

Music is always a commentary on society.

Im not really a good singer. But most people arent, either.

Im not really a good singer. But most people arent, either.