Igor Stravinsky Quotes

Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

Igor Stravinsky

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• With network, shows are pulled half the time after three episodes whether they're good or they're not good. It's a numbers game. With cable, they can take a lot more liberties.

  

  Valerie Cruz
  • Time
  • Good
  • Game

• Every idea has its time.

  

  Vicente Fox
  • Time
  • Idea
  • Every

• We're immersed in the spirit of God all the time. We just don't notice.

  

  Dan Millman
  • Time
  • God
  • Spirit

• Literary dementia seems dated now, but there was a time when a month in the funny farm was as de rigueur for budding writers as an M.F.A. is now. To be sent away was a badge of honor; to undergo electroshock, a glorious martyrdom.

  

  Walter Kirn
  • Time
  • Funny
  • Honor

• Even where friendship is concerned, it takes me a long time to trust people.

  

  Namie Amuro
  • People
  • Time
  • Long

• I try to take the time to appreciate and I certainly do appreciate and I do feel proud but that is probably one of the things I need to work on, building a bit of time for myself.

  

  Orlando Bloom
  • Time
  • Work
  • Proud

• My music is a little dark, and my lyrics are a little darker. Every day, I'm fighting towards the light.

  

  Bebe Rexha
  • Music
  • Light
  • Day

• When your life is being threatened there's an instinctive urge to fight. You fight for the time you have, for your relationships.

  

  Laura Linney
  • Life
  • Time
  • Fight

• I have the time needed to support the album and tour.

  

  Aaliyah
  • Time
  • Support
  • Tour

• I read The Odyssey all the time. I always get something out of it.

  

  Lana Wachowski
  • Time
  • Always
  • Something

• Music is what our feelings sound like.

  

  Vera Farmiga
  • Music
  • Feelings
  • Sound

• My dad is a football guy, not a music guy. He didn't totally understand when I decided to be a musician.

  

  Sam Hunt
  • Music
  • Guy
  • Dad

• Because our fight has been for such a long time we are isolated from the world, even after reconstruction we don't have much attention from people outside.

  

  Hanoi Hannah
  • People
  • Time
  • World

• God is not anything human. God is a force, God is chaos, God is unknown. God is terror and enlightenment at the same time.

  

  Ralph Fiennes
  • Time
  • God
  • Chaos

• It was a privilege to direct the music video for Adele's beautiful, heartbreaking song, 'Hello.' When I first heard it, all the images appeared clearly in my head - and her trust and generosity allowed me to work with abandon artistically and emotionally, like she always does. It made me extremely proud.

  

  Xavier Dolan
  • Work
  • Music
  • Beautiful

• For a long time I thought I should be a civil engineer. That seemed to be the only thing worth doing, and I chose the wrong subjects at A-level. I read all the sciences to start with, and then had to admit, 'This isn't what I want to do' and changed course.

  

  Ian Hislop
  • Time
  • Long
  • Thought

• Our prime purpose in this life is to help others. And if you can't help them, at least don't hurt them.

  

  Dalai Lama
  • Life
  • Help
  • Purpose

• I had never done TV. I think it's a foolish medium for, most rock 'n roll music. Nobody ever comes off well on TV.

  

  Dan Fogelberg
  • Music
  • Done
  • Think

• At the time, 'Oxygene' was considered a totally 'far out' concept... What was 'in' at the time was disco, hard-rock, and the early days of punk... and moreover, 'Oxygene' was instrumental. And I was French!

  

  Jean-Michel Jarre
  • Time
  • Rock

• The seas need their own Kyoto Protocol.

  

  Enric Sala

• People in the States used to think that if girls were good at sports their sexuality would be affected.

  

  Martina Navratilova
  • People
  • Good
  • Sports

• The paradox is that Mark Zuckerberg, Steve Jobs, and all the tech giants are bigger fans of music than some of the executives working at major record companies.

  

  Jean-Michel Jarre
  • Music

• I learned everything the hard way - like, literally, everything. I know that God does that to people that he has lessons for. I just wish that I had learned less extreme lessons.

  

  SZA
  • People
  • God
  • Wish

• Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including, and particularly, the coordination between man and time.

  

  Igor Stravinsky
  • Time
  • Music
  • Man