For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy.

Quote by Maurice Ravel

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The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

The only love affair I have ever had was with music.

I begin by considering an effect.

I begin by considering an effect.

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by...

I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by...

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second...

You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second...

Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane...

Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane...

My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my...

My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my...

We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work...

We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work...

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

Music, I feel, must be emotional first and intellectual second.

I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There...

I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There...