Russian - Composer | June 17, 1882 - April 6, 1971
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky
MusicEndLongFinishPiecesMany
Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal.
GreatArtBorrowArtistsSteal
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.
SelfExecutionMorePrecisionOnly
Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
MusicRelationshipI AmBookReading
Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven.
ForgivenessCannotOnlyForgiven
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don't like, it's always by Villa-Lobos?
MusicWhyAlwaysLikePieceHear
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.
LifeWisdomKnowledgeMistakesFalse
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.
LoveMusicRespectAppreciationMuch
Money may kindle, but it cannot by itself, and for very long, burn.
MoneyLongBurnMayCannotVery
To listen is an effort, and just to hear is no merit. A duck hears also.
EffortDuckListenJustHearMerit
I am in the present. I cannot know what tomorrow will bring forth. I can know only what the truth is for me today. That is what I am called upon to serve, and I serve it in all lucidity.
TodayTruthI AmTomorrowMeI Can
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.
MeOpportunitiesGeniusKnowNever
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