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
Igor Stravinsky quotes about
real writing mass
I knew I had to write a Mass of my own, but a real one.
pulse beats rhythm
There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.
dream inspiration artist
The past slips from our grasp. It leaves us only scattered things. The bond that united them eludes us. Our imagination usually fills in the void by making use of preconceived theories...Archaeology, then, does not supply us with certitudes, but rather with vague hypotheses. And in the shade of these hypotheses some artists are content to dream, considering them less as scientific facts than as sources of inspiration.
romantic careers classic
Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.
freedom precision constraints
The more constraints one imposes, the more one frees one
years twenties today
One's belief that one is sincere is not so dangerous as one's conviction that one is right. We all feel we are right; but we felt the same way twenty years ago and today we know we weren't always right.
music years challenges
The performance of performance has developed to such an extent in recent years that it challenges the music itself and will soon threaten it with relegation.
greatness masterpiece
Nothing is likely about masterpieces, least of all whether there will be any.
should-have taste pardon
An audience is an abstraction; it has no taste. It must depend on the only person who has (pardon, should have), the conductor.
inspirational life wisdom
I have learned throughout my life as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge.
real artist giving
What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators....