“Music is given to us with the sole purpose of establishing an order in things, including and particularly, the coordination between man and time.”
"It is one of nature's ways that we often feel closer to distant generations than to the generation immediately preceding us."
- Igor Stravinsky
Love
"I haven't understood a bar of music in my life, but I have felt it."
- Igor Stravinsky
Awareness
"Lesser artists borrow, great artists steal."
- Igor Stravinsky
Creativity
"Too many pieces of music finish too long after the end."
- Igor Stravinsky
Creativity
"Sins cannot be undone, only forgiven."
- Igor Stravinsky
Forgiveness
"It is at the moment of death that humanity has value."
- Archer
Philosophy
"Religion, ideology, resources, land, spite, love or just because… No matter how pathetic the reason, it’s enough to start a war. War will never cease to exist… reasons can be thought up after the fact… Human nature pursues strife."
- Paine
Philosophy
"Christmas is a necessity. There has to be at least one day of the year to remind us that we’re here for something else besides ourselves."
- Eric Sevareid
Philosophy
"Maybe Christmas, he thought, doesn't come from a store. Maybe Christmas...perhaps...means a little bit more!"
- Theodor Seuss Geisel
Philosophy
"Christmas is built upon a beautiful and intentional paradox; that the birth of the homeless should be celebrated in every home."
- G.K. Chesterton
Philosophy