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

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

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

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

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

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...

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

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 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...

What force is more potent than love?

What force is more potent than love?

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...

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

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...

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 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.

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 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...

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 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...

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

Music . . . can name the unnameable and communicate the unknowable.

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

See, I was nine years old when I saw Elvis on 'Ed Sullivan', and I...

Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children...

Teaching music is not my main purpose. I want to make good citizens. If children...