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Claude Debussy quotes: Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.
Claude Debussy quotes: The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams. The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.
Claude Debussy quotes: The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams. The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams.
Claude Debussy quotes: I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child. I wish to sing of my interior visions with the naive candour of a child.
Claude Debussy quotes: To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love. To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love.
Claude Debussy quotes: The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ . The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ .
Claude Debussy quotes: A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn. A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.
Claude Debussy quotes: Anyone who calls my music "impressionist" is an imbecile. Anyone who calls my music "impressionist" is an imbecile.
Claude Debussy quotes: Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind ... Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind ...
Claude Debussy quotes: Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary ... Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary ...
Claude Debussy quotes: Music is in the space between the notes. Music is in the space between the notes.
Claude Debussy quotes: How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling. How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling.
Claude Debussy quotes: Extreme complication is contrary to art. Extreme complication is contrary to art.
Claude Debussy quotes: On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly
Claude Debussy quotes: Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes. Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes.
Claude Debussy quotes: I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.
Claude Debussy quotes: If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing. If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing.
Claude Debussy quotes: Beauty seems to strike some people as a personal affront. Beauty seems to strike some people as a personal affront.
Claude Debussy quotes: First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers. First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.
Claude Debussy quotes: There is nothing more musical than a sunset. There is nothing more musical than a sunset.
Claude Debussy quotes: Art is the most beautiful of all lies. Art is the most beautiful of all lies.
Claude Debussy quotes: Music is the silence between the notes. Music is the silence between the notes.
Claude Debussy quotes: People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
Claude Debussy quotes: It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion. It is necessary to abandon yourself completely, and let the music do as it will with you. All people come to music to seek oblivion.
Claude Debussy quotes: Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps? Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps?
Claude Debussy quotes: The century of airplanes has a right to its own music. The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.
Claude Debussy quotes: But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's the feeling itself. But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's the feeling itself.
Claude Debussy quotes: The age of automobiles and aeroplanes cannot express itself in the same manner as did the age of the diligence. The age of automobiles and aeroplanes cannot express itself in the same manner as did the age of the diligence.
Claude Debussy quotes: Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes. Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.
Claude Debussy quotes: People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds. People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds.
Claude Debussy quotes: Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light.
Claude Debussy quotes: There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law. There is no theory. You merely have to listen. Pleasure is the law.
Claude Debussy quotes: The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
Claude Debussy quotes: In opera, there is always too much singing. In opera, there is always too much singing.
Claude Debussy quotes: Life is the space between our things. Life is the space between our things.
Claude Debussy quotes: The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing. The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing.

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