Igor Stravinsky

Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end.
Igor Stravinsky - In Observer 8 Oct. 1961
My music is best understood by children and animals.

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.

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.

What force is more potent than love?

- Igor Stravinsky