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> [“Does it not occur to people that I might be artificial by nature?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/does-it-not-occur-to-people-that-i-might-be-artificial-by-nature/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

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## More by Maurice Ravel

> [The only love affair I have ever had was with music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/the-only-love-affair-i-have-ever-had-was-with-music/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/we-should-always-remember-that-sensitiveness-and-emotion-constitute/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/my-intention-here-is-to-make-it-clear-that-not-a-single-cell-of-my/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [Why become a second-rate Ravel when you're already a first-rate Gershwin?](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/why-become-a-second-rate-ravel-when-you-re-already-a-first-rate/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [“Does it not occur to people that I might be artificial by nature?”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/does-it-not-occur-to-people-that-i-might-be-artificial-by-nature/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [I begin by considering an effect.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/i-begin-by-considering-an-effect/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [I did my work slowly, drop by drop. I tore it out of me by pieces.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/i-did-my-work-slowly-drop-by-drop-i-tore-it-out-of-me-by-pieces/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [I am not one of the great composers. All the great have produced enormously. There is everything in their work - the best and…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/i-am-not-one-of-the-great-composers-all-the-great-have-produced/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [Tell me that not everything I wrote was bad.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/tell-me-that-not-everything-i-wrote-was-bad/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [To George Gershwin, on refusinghim as a pupil: You would only lose the spontaneous quality of your melody, and end by writing bad Ravel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/to-george-gershwin-on-refusinghim-as-a-pupil-you-would-only-lose-the/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/remember-that-i-wrote-a-pavane-for-a-dead-princess-and-not-a-dead/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [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…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/for-debussy-the-musician-and-the-man-i-have-had-profound-admiration/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/you-might-lose-your-spontaneity-and-instead-of-composing-first-rate/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [In fact, the influence of Schoenberg may be overwhelming on his followers, but the significance of his art is to be identified with influences…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/in-fact-the-influence-of-schoenberg-may-be-overwhelming-on-his/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

> [If he'd been making shell-cases during the war it might have been better for music.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/maurice-ravel/if-he-d-been-making-shell-cases-during-the-war-it-might-have-been/)

[Maurice Ravel](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/maurice-ravel/)

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