Funny quotes from Igor Stravinsky, Russian Composer

Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer, pianist and conductor. Here are some quote from him.


"The trouble with music appreciation in general is that people are taught to have too much respect for music; they should be taught to love it instead."


"I never understood the need for a 'live' audience. My music, because of its extreme quietude, would be happiest with a dead one."



"My music is best understood by children and animals."



"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."



"Conductors' careers are made for the most part with 'Romantic' music. 'Classic' music eliminates the conductor; we do not remember him in it. "



"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."

Funny quotes about classical music composer

"The old idea of a composer suddenly having a terrific idea and sitting up all night to write it is nonsense. Nighttime is for sleeping.”
By Benjamin Britten, British composer



"A good composer is slowly discovered and a bad composer is slowly found out."
By Ernest Newman



"A good composer does not imitate; he steals."
By Igor Stravinsky, Russian composer



"I can't understand why people are frightened of new ideas. I'm frightened of the old ones."
By John Cage



"It is not hard to compose, but it is wonderfully hard to let the superfluous notes fall under the table."
By Johannes Brahms



"A creative artist works on his next composition because he is not satisfied with his previous one.
By Dmitri Shostakovich, Russian composer