The Church knew what the psalmist knew: Music praises God. Music is well or better able to praise him than the building of the church and all its de…

- Igor Stravinsky

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…

- Igor Stravinsky

We can neither put back the clock nor slow down our forward speed, and as we are already flying pilotless, on instrument controls, it is even too lat…

- Igor Stravinsky

Art is the opposite of chaos. Art is organized chaos.

- Igor Stravinsky

Look for the music on all things, and life will be a symphony of joy. My music is best understood by children and animals.

- Igor Stravinsky

Music must be listened to; it is not enough to hear it. A duck hears also.

- Igor Stravinsky

Good composers don't borrow, they steal

- Igor Stravinsky

My God, so much I like to drink Scotch that sometimes I think my name is Igor Stra-whiskey.

- Igor Stravinsky

A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

- Igor Stravinsky