Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

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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.

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...

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

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...

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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...

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...

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...

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out...

Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out...

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...