Igor Stravinsky - Presupposes Quotes

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Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it.

Igor Stravinsky

Far from implying the repetition of what has been, tradition presupposes the reality of what endures.

Igor Stravinsky

Tradition is entirely different from habit, even from an excellent habit, since habit is by definition an unconscious acquisition and tends to become mechanical, whereas tradition results from a conscious and deliberate acceptance…Tradition presupposes the reality of what endures.

Igor Stravinsky

We have a duty towards music; namely to invent it....Invention presupposes imagination but should not be confused with it. For the act of invention implies the necessity of a lucky find and of achieving realization of this find. What we imagine does not necessarily take on concrete form and may remain in a state of virtuality; whereas invention is not conceivable apart from its actually being worked out.

Igor Stravinsky