The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music they should be taught to love it instead.

Quote by Igor Stravinsky

Topics: Music Quotes

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...

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer...

I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer...

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 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...

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...

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.

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,...

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...

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 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...

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

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

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

My skin is hard when it comes to my music. But with my movies, I'm...

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

Music is the only sensual pleasure without vice

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...

When I speak of the gifted listener, I am thinking of the nonmusician primarily, of...