Quotes by Igor Stravinsky

Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.

#Igor Stravinsky

My music is best understood by children and animals.

#Igor Stravinsky

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things,...

#Igor Stravinsky

Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.

#Igor Stravinsky

Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence...

#Igor Stravinsky

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

#Igor Stravinsky

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it.

#Igor Stravinsky

I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits...

#Igor Stravinsky

I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can...

#Igor Stravinsky

I am an inventor of music.

#Igor Stravinsky

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

#Igor Stravinsky

Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing...

#Igor Stravinsky