Stravinsky Quotes

20 quotes by 18 authors

I'm too busy playing. When I'm playing I don't pay attention to who's listening. When I was listening I listened to symphony orchestras, Beethoven, Bach,… — Charles Mingus
Stravinsky used Mother Goose. He was influenced by Mother Goose, indirectly, but very beautifully — Gyorgy Ligeti
Since I didn't have any kind of formal training, it didn't make any difference to me if I was listening to Lightnin' Slim, or a… — Frank Zappa
I've learned a lot from the masters of orchestration, like Ravel and Stravinsky. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
The composer Stravinsky had written a new piece with a difficult violin passage. After it had been in rehearsal for several weeks, the solo violinist… — Thomas Powers
The extent of his influence across jazz, across American music, and around the world has such continuing stature that he is one of the few… — Stanley Crouch
Even Stravinsky does not evoke the same public affection as Verdi. — Charles Rosen
Most of us are searching-consciously or unconsciously- for a degree of internal balance and harmony between ourselves and the outside world, and if we happen… — Walter Murch
Art is theftâ€) and Igor Stravinsky (â€œLesser artists borrow, great artists stealâ€), Iâ€™ve always stolen from the people I admire â€“ not plagiarized, mind you,… — Austin Kleon
I'm not a star. I'll never be a Frank Sinatra or Elvis Presley or a Ray Charles. I'm just an imitator, man. I'm doing a… — Jaco Pastorius
Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise. — Dmitri Shostakovich
That's the way Stravinsky was. Bup, bup, bup, bup. The poor guy's dead now. Play it legato. — Eugene Ormandy
Bernard Herrmann used to write all his scores by himself. So did Bach, Beethoven and Stravinsky. I dont understand why this happens in the movie… — Ennio Morricone
Pulse as an active means of expression, Stravinsky and Beethoven are the two masters of that. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is. — Esa-Pekka Salonen
The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned Bach… — Lukas Foss
The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it. — Leo Kottke
In two thousand years all our generals and politicians may be forgotten, but Einstein and Madame Curie and Bernard Shaw and Stravinsky will keep the… — Anthony Burgess
There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk about… — Penn Jillette
We might as well swing boys, because Stravinsky cuts us all. — Woody Herman

Who Wrote These Stravinsky Quotes

18 authors contributed a total of 20 Stravinsky Quotes as follows: