Creative Quotations from Igor Stravinsky (1882-1971)

Creative Quotations from . . .

Igor Stravinsky
(1882-1971) born on Jun 17

Russian composer. "He greatly influenced modern music through his ballets, "The Firebird," 1910 and "The Rite of Spring," 1912."

I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I've felt it."

"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 my exposure to founts of wisdom and knowledge."

What gives the artist real prestige is his imitators.

Published Sources for the above Quotations:
F:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
R:	""An Autobiography," 1936."
A:	"In "Webster's Electronic Quotebase," ed. Keith Mohler, 1994."
N:	"In "The Speaker's Electronic Reference Collection," AApex Software, 1994."
K:	"In "London Magazine," 1 Mar 1967."