Film music should have the same relationship to the film drama that somebody's piano playing in my living room has on the book I am reading.
Igor StravinskyI take no pride in my artistic talents; they are God-given and I see absolutely no reason to become puffed up over something that one has received.
Igor StravinskyI remember being handed a score composed by Mozart at the age of eleven. What could I say? I felt like de Kooning, who was asked to comment on a certain abstract painting, and answered in the negative. He was then told it was the work of a celebrated monkey. 'That's different. For a monkey, it's terrific'.
Igor Stravinsky