Igor Stravinsky Quotes

For me, 'revolution' simply means radical change.

Revolution is but thought carried into action.

I do see myself as aiming to foment some kind of revolution.

Tomorrow the revolution will already 'raise itself with a rattle' and announce with fanfare, to your terror: I was, I am, I will be!

We have the right of revolution. Revolution does not always have to be weapons and warfare; it's also about revolutionary ideas.

Three words remain that can yet stir the blood of man: the word 'rebellion'; the word 'revolt'; the word 'revolution'.

Give me time and I'll give you a revolution.

Revolution is not a goal in itself.

The revolution is a torrent which sweeps aside those who resist it.

Revolution is always delightful in the preliminary stages. So long as it's a question of getting rid of the people at the top.

Be not deceived. Revolutions do not go backward.

Citizens, did you want a revolution without revolution?

You say you want a revolution? Well, you know. We all want to change the world.

Let the revolution begin.

I am still praying for revolution.

We are revolutionaries.

Every revolution seems impossible at the beginning, and after it happens, it was inevitable.

Revolutions are the locomotives of history.

Don't accept the old order. Get rid of it.

I'm not interested in preserving the status quo; I want to overthrow it.

Revolt is not reform, and one revolutionary administration is not good government.

The Arab Spring I think we will look back whether it's two years, five years, ten or fifteen. And say it's a good thing.

In any social revolution the one thing that keeps it alive is hope.

When you look at the times in history when change was brought about, there were two factors: crisis and leadership.

In every revolution on Earth, consciousness came first.