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Claude Debussy quotes

French Composer August 22, 1862 – March 25, 1918

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Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free..."
I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. Claude Debussy
There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn."
A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "Art is the most beautiful of all lies."
Art is the most beautiful of all lies. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they..."
People don't very much like things that are beautiful.. they are so far from their nasty little minds. Claude Debussy
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the..."
Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described by changing breezes. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "Music is the silence between the notes."
Music is the silence between the notes. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of..."
Music is the arithmetic of sounds as optics is the geometry of light. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "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
Claude Debussy quote: "People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form..."
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "the colour of my soul is iron-grey and sadbats wheel about the..."
the colour of my soul is iron-grey and sadbats wheel about the steeple of my dreams. Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy quote: "The century of airplanes has a right to its own music."
The century of airplanes has a right to its own music. Claude Debussy
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen. Claude Debussy

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