"Extreme complication is contrary to art." — Claude Debussy

"Extreme complication is contrary to art."

— Claude Debussy

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35 Quotes by Claude Debussy

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There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l…
There is nothing more musical than a sunset.
Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us…
On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly
Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between…
Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I…
People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, wind in leaves, the cry of a bird leave manifold…
If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were…
The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is…
But music, don't you know, is a dream from which the veils have been lifted. It's not even the expression…

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More Art Quotes

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Let each man exercise the art he knows. — Aristophanes
Those who educate children well are more to be honored than they who produce them; for these only gave them… — Aristotle
The aim of art is to represent not the outward appearance of things, but their inward significance. — Aristotle
Excellence is an art won by training and habituation. We do not act rightly because we have virtue or excellence,… — Aristotle
It is Homer who has chiefly taught other poets the art of telling lies skillfully. — Aristotle
Every art and every inquiry, and similarly every action and choice, is thought to aim at some good; and for… — Aristotle
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There are some forms of religion that are bad, just as there's bad cooking or bad art or bad sex,… — Karen Armstrong
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I don't care who you are, you're going to choke in certain matches. You get to a point where your… — Arthur Ashe
Writing, to me, is simply thinking through my fingers. — Isaac Asimov

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