Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven
Quotes by Igor Stravinsky
It's one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us.
I have learned as a composer chiefly through my mistakes and pursuits of false assumptions, not by my exposure to fonts of wisdom and knowledge.
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning.
A good composer does not imitate; he steals.
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.
Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being?
My childhood was a period of waiting for the moment when I could send everyone connected to it to hell.

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