Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
Igor Fyodorovich Stravinskywas a Russian-French-American composer, pianist, and conductor. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century...
NationalityRussian
ProfessionComposer
Date of Birth17 June 1882
CityLomonosov, Russia
CountryRussian Federation
confused imagination invention
Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.
self execution precision
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.
work food inspiration
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
love force
What force is more potent than love?
music ducks effort
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
funny music witty
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
childhood waiting moments
My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone and everything connected with it to hell.
long age pressure
Old age is a time of humiliations, the most disagreeable of which, for me, is that I cannot work long at sustained high pressure with no leaks in concentration.
love marriage order
In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love?
inspirational music opportunity
I know that the twelve notes in each octave and the variety of rhythm offer me opportunities that all of human genius will never exhaust.
meaningful freedom self
My freedom will be so much the greater and more meaningful the more narrowly I limit my field of action and the more I surround myself with obstacles. Whatever diminishes constraint diminishes strength. The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one's self of the chains that shackle the spirit.
inspiration house architect
A composer is not only an architect but also an inventor, and he should not build houses in which he cannot live.
tuning tunes harps
Harpists spend 90 percent of their lives tuning their harps and 10 percent playing out of tune.
men coordination music-is
Music is...the coordination between man and time.