Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art. Claude Debussy More Quotes by Claude Debussy More Quotes From Claude Debussy Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps? Claude Debussy silence dance steps The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams. Claude Debussy soul dream desire The trouble with the opera is there's always to much singing. Claude Debussy opera singing trouble Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes. Claude Debussy notes music space Inspiration and ideas only come to me when I have not had a woman in a very long time... Ballads, polonaises, even a whole concerto may have been lost forever up your des durka, I can't tell you how many. I have been so deeply engulfed in my love for you I have hardly created anything. Claude Debussy inspiration inspiring love People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception? Claude Debussy hype deception people What I am trying to do is something different - an effect of reality, but what some fools call Impressionism, a term that is usually misapplied, especially by the critics who don't hesitate to apply it to Turner, the greatest creator of mysterious effects in the whole world of art. Claude Debussy trying reality art The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew. Claude Debussy aeroplanes precedent century In opera, there is always too much singing. Claude Debussy piano music funny Claude Debussy was a rare phenomenon a composer profoundly and subversively revolutionary. Claude Debussy debussy composer revolutionary Music is in the space between the notes. Claude Debussy space-between notes space First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers. Claude Debussy singers gentleman firsts The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ. Claude Debussy united worship christ Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music. Claude Debussy progress airplane victory There is nothing is more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all that book which, alas, musicians read but too little - the book of Nature. Claude Debussy sunset nature beautiful book Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art. Claude Debussy works make rules art Art is the most beautiful of all lies. Claude Debussy most-beautiful lies beautiful art Some people wish above all to conform to the rules, I wish only to render what I can hear. There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. Claude Debussy you law wish people The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that something dangerous will happen. Claude Debussy will always dangerous hope
