In order to create there must be a dynamic force, and what force is more potent than love? — Igor Stravinsky
Is it not by love alone that we succeed in penetrating to the very essence of being? — Igor Stravinsky
Just as appetite comes by eating, so work brings inspiration, if inspiration is not discernible at the beginning. — Igor Stravinsky
The principle of the endless melody is the perpetual becoming of a music that never had any reason for starting — Igor Stravinsky
Why is it that whenever I hear a piece of music I don’t like, it’s always by villa-lobos? — Igor Stravinsky