Famous Igor Stravinsky Quotes
Quoted in DeLone et. al. (Eds.) (1975). Aspects of Twentieth-Century Music. Englewood Cliffs, New Jersey: Prentice-Hall. ISBN 0130493465, Ch. 3. from Igor Stravinsky' Autobiography (1962). New York: W.W. Norton & Co., Inc., p. 54.
1970s and later
Source: 1970s and later, Themes and Conclusions (1982), p. 188.
Igor Stravinsky. "Subject: Music", New York Times Magazine, 9/27/64.
1960s
Expositions and Developments (1959), pp. 113-114
1950s
Igor Stravinsky (1936). An Autobiography, p. 53-54.
1930s
“Composers combine notes, that's all.”
Source: 1970s and later, Themes and Conclusions (1982), p. 52 : Dialogues.
1962, quoted in Andriessen and Schoenberger, The Apollonian Clockwork (1989). Oxford: Oxford University Press.
1960s
Source: 1970s and later, Themes and Conclusions (1982), p. 33.
Igor Stravinsky Quotes about music
“Music's exclusive function is to structure the flow of time and keep order in it.”
Quoted by Géza Szamosi, The Twin Dimensions: Inventing Time and Space (New York, 1986), p. 232.
1970s and later
Igor Stravinsky and Robert Craft (1962). Expositions and Developments.
1960s
“My music is best understood by children and animals.”
Igor Stravinsky. The Observer, Oct 8, 1961.
1960s
Source: Themes and Conclusions (1982), p. 27: Dialogues.