"Music is the silence between the notes." — Claude Debussy

"Music is the silence between the notes."

— Claude Debussy

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35 Quotes by Claude Debussy

Claude Debussy has 35 quotes on this site. A few more worth reading:

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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Musicians don't retire; they stop when there's no more music in them. — Louis Armstrong
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What we play is life. — Louis Armstrong
If you have to ask what jazz is, you'll never know. — Louis Armstrong
We all do 'do, re, mi,' but you have got to find the other notes yourself. — Louis Armstrong

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