Igor Stravinsky Quotes


I cannot now evaluate the events that, at the end of those thirty years, made me discover the necessity of religious belief. I was not reasoned into my disposition. Though I admire the structured thought of theology, it is to religion no more than counterpoint exercises are to music.


Citations

Stravinsky, Igor, and Robert Craft. Expositions and Developments. Doubleday, 1962, p. 77.

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Igor Stravinsky
Igor Stravinsky
  • Born: June 17, 1882
  • Died: April 6, 1971
  • Nationality: Russian
  • Profession: Composer

Igor Fyodorovich Stravinsky ComSE was a Russian composer, pianist and conductor, later of French (from 1934) and American (from 1945) citizenship. He is widely considered one of the most important and influential composers of the 20th century.