“What force is more potent than love?”

Igor Stravinsky

“For I consider that music is, by its very nature, essentially powerless to express anything at all, whether a feeling, an attitude of mind, a psychological mood, a phenomenon of nature, etc. Expressio...”

Igor Stravinsky

“As for myself, I need music for hygienic purposes, for the health of my soul. Without music in its best sense there is chaos. For my part, music is a force which gives reason to things, a force which ...”

Igor Stravinsky

“I was...attacked for being a pasticheur, chided for composing “simple” music, blamed for deserting “modernism,” accused of renouncing my “true Russian heritage.” People who had never heard of, or care...”

Igor Stravinsky

“My music is best understood by children and animals.”

Igor Stravinsky