Igor Stravinsky Quotes

The real composer thinks about his work the whole time; he is not always conscious of this, but he is aware of it later when he suddenly knows what he will do.

Igor Stravinsky

Recitation: by Male by Female

Author Biography

  • Author Profession: composer
  • Nationality: russian
  • Birth: June 17, 1882 - April 6, 1971

Topics

WorkTimeWillRealAlwaysAware

Part of me is stuck in my childhood in the Eighties. I actually watch 'The Neverending Story,' 'Labyrinth,' and 'Legend' over and over again. Also, 'Willow' and 'The Goonies.'

Jesmyn Ward

ChildhoodMeStoryLegendOver

Usually, if someone wants an inspiring-type number - patriotic, gospel, big love song - then I think you do think of me.

Jennifer Holliday

LoveMeSongThinkSomeoneYou

Besides stray instances of acting in school and college, I hadn't prepared myself to be an actor.

Mawra Hocane

MyselfSchoolCollegeActingActor

When young people implode, we judge them rather than saying they need help.

Amanda de Cadenet

PeopleSayingJudgeHelpYoungNeed

Our military should be trained and structured around missions, not the elements of air, water, and land.

Louis V. Gerstner, Jr.

WaterLandMilitaryAirElements

I don't like the way Uncle Junior dresses. He loves it.

Dominic Chianese

UncleWayDressesLikeHeJunior

There are plenty of writers who are going to become a director after their next job, but no one will believe you're a director unless you believe it.

Brian Helgeland

JobBelieveYouWillBecomeGoing

Mr. Burns comes out and flips cigar ashes on his shoes, and makes up about 90 percent of what you hear.

Bobby Darin

ShoesYouOutUpAshesPercent

DNA, like a tape recording, carries a message in which there are specific instructions for a job to be done.

Arthur Kornberg

JobDoneDNARecordingLikeMessage

For the first few years we paid all the bills first and divided what was left as salary. Sometimes that was $50 a week.

Pink

WeekSometimesSalaryFirstDivided

Since I've had some success, story and character are always the two elements I think about first in material presented to me. Some of my choices have been more successful than others.

Powers Boothe

SuccessCharacterMeChoicesThink

When my disease nearly destroyed me in 2009, my doctors thought I'd be lucky to regain 80 percent of my cognitive abilities. When I was at my sickest, I couldn't read or write. I could barely walk on my own or groom myself. The disease felled me physically and mentally - robbing me, briefly but intensely, of my wits, my sanity, my memory, my self.

Susannah Cahalan

MyselfWalkMemoryMeThoughtSelf

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