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

Quote by Claude Debussy

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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...

In opera, there is always too much singing.

In opera, there is always too much singing.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

Art is the most beautiful of all lies.

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...

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...

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.

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.

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.

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...

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

Extreme complication is contrary to 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...

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...

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 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...

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...

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?

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.