People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?

Quote by Claude Debussy

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

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

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...

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 silence between the notes.

Music is the silence between the notes.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

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.

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...

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

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

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

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.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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...

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...

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...

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...

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 pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it...

Music is the pleasure the human mind experiences from counting without being aware that it...

Dear radio stations, You do know there are more than 4 songs in the world,...

Dear radio stations, You do know there are more than 4 songs in the world,...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...

Music is good to the melancholy, bad to those who mourn, and neither good nor...