A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

Quote by Claude Debussy

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I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from...

I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from...

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...

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.

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...

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.

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...

In opera, there is always too much singing.

In opera, there is always too much singing.

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.

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.

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...

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...

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

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

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...

Music is the silence between the notes.

Music is the silence between the notes.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

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?

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.

I wanna thank you for supporting me and my music and defending me from haters.

I wanna thank you for supporting me and my music and defending me from haters.

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Those who danced were thought to be quite insane by those who could not hear...

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, sings.

Opera is when a guy gets stabbed in the back and instead of bleeding, sings.