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> [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.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/is-it-not-our-duty-to-find-the-symphonic-formula-which-fits-our-time/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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> [The century of airplanes has a right to its own music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/the-century-of-airplanes-has-a-right-to-its-own-music/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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## More by Claude Debussy

> [The worship of Adonis is united with that of Christ.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/the-worship-of-adonis-is-united-with-that-of-christ/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/works-of-art-make-rules-rules-do-not-make-works-of-art/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/peter-townsend-music-is-the-silence-between-the-notes-so-could-it-be/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Art is the most beautiful deception of all!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/art-is-the-most-beautiful-deception-of-all/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression of a feeling, it's…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/but-music-don-t-you-know-is-a-dream-from-which-the-veils-have-been/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [There is nothing more musical than a sunset. He who feels what he sees will find no more beautiful example of development in all…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/there-is-nothing-more-musical-than-a-sunset-he-who-feels-what-he-sees/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is always the hope that…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/the-attraction-of-the-virtuoso-for-the-public-is-very-like-that-of/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I know - after all,…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/composers-aren-t-daring-enough-they-re-afraid-of-that-sacred-idol/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were born only yesterday, from…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/if-we-look-at-the-works-of-js-bach-on-each-page-we-discover-things/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [the colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/the-colour-of-my-soul-is-iron-grey-and-sad-bats-wheel-about-the/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Art is the most beautiful of all lies.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/art-is-the-most-beautiful-of-all-lies/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Music is the space between the notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/music-is-the-space-between-the-notes/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/i-love-music-passionately-and-because-i-love-it-i-try-to-free-it-from/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [Music is in the space between the notes.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/music-is-in-the-space-between-the-notes/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

> [When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his treatment of…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/claude-debussy/when-claude-debussy-studied-at-the-paris-conservatory-from-age-ten-to/)

[Claude Debussy](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/claude-debussy/)

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