Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Topics: Art Quotes

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

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.

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...

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...

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?

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...

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...

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,...

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

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...

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 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...