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I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing "simple" music, blamed for deserting "modernism," accused of renouncing my "true Russian heritage." People who had never heard of, or cared about, the originals cried "sacrilege": "The classics are ours. Leave the classics alone." To them all my answer was and is the same: You "respect," but I love.

Igor Stravinsky
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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…

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Good composers don't borrow, they steal

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

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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…

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

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

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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…

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A good composer does not imitate; he steals.

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

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