The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its decoration; it is the Church's greatest ornament.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Topics: Church Quotes, God Quotes, Music Quotes

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...

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...

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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...

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...

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...

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.

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...

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...

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 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...

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

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,...

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...

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

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.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

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...

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...