Brilliant Quote by George Antheil

Stravinsky is masterly: his harmony is conceived so precisely that it can only be the way it is.

— Esa-Pekka Salonen

The first music I was exposed to was Stravinsky and I loved it but I don't remember it.

— Leo Kottke

I had no idea Stravinsky disliked Debussy so much as this.

— Ernest Newman

Stravinsky the composer I worship. Stravinsky the thinker I despise.

— Dmitri Shostakovich

You can rave about Stravinsky without the slightest risk of being classified as a lunatic by the next generation .

— George Bernard Shaw

I'm not Stravinsky, I never will be.

— Terry Bozzio

The fact that Stravinsky used the classics as a major influence is obvious. What is interesting is how he used them, how he turned…

— Lukas Foss

New music? Hell, there's been no new music since Stravinsky.

— Duke Ellington

When I was young, Tchaikovsky was ruined for me by conductors who made it slick and treacly. Hearing Valery Gergiev conduct Tchaikovsky has been…

— Charles Hazlewood

There is this tremendous amount of arrogance and hubris, where somebody can look at something for five minutes and dismiss it. Whether you talk…

— Penn Jillette

'Canticum Sacrum' is wonderfully archaic. What Stravinsky does is extraordinary. It takes you on a journey from Gregorian chant right through to the modernism…

— John Tavener

I loved Debussy, Stravinsky, Chopin, Tchaikovsky, anything with romantic melodies, especially the nocturnes. Nietzsche was a hero, especially with 'Thus Spoke Zarathustra.' He gets…

— Joni Mitchell