There is music wherever there is rhythm, as there is life wherever there beats a pulse.
Igor StravinskyThe true creator may be recognized by his ability always to find about him, in the commonest and humblest thing, items worthy of note.
Igor StravinskyConductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it.
Igor StravinskyWe have a duty towards music; namely to invent it. ...Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the act of invention implies the necessity of a lucky find and of achieving realization of this find. What we imagine does not necessarily take on concrete form and may remain in a state of virtuality; whereas invention is not conceivable apart from its actually being worked out.
Igor Stravinsky