The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self. And the arbitrariness of the constraint serves only to obtain precision of execution.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

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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...

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...

I am an inventor of music.

I am an inventor of music.

My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name...

My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name...

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...

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...

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not...

Your distress about life might mean you have been living for the wrong reason, not...

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My music is best understood by children and animals.

My music is best understood by children and animals.

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...

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...

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.