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.

Quote by Claude Debussy

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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?

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...

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...

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...

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

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.

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 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.

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...

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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...

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.

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.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Music is the silence between the notes.

Music is the silence between the notes.