The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.

Quote by Claude Debussy

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A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described...

Music is the expression of the movement of the waters, the play of curves described...

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees...

There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees...

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus...

The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus...

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.

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.

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the...

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the...

Music is the silence between the notes.

Music is the silence between the notes.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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.

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us...

Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us...

In opera, there is always too much singing.

In opera, there is always too much singing.

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render...

Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render...

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.

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.

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of...

The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of...

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

What is not started today is never finished tomorrow.

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

I cannot sleep for dreaming; I cannot dream but I wake and walk about the...

Commitment leads to action and action brings your dreams closer.

Commitment leads to action and action brings your dreams closer.