"On those who overanalyze his music: When you……" — Claude Debussy
"On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly"
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35 Quotes by Claude Debussy
Claude Debussy has 35 quotes on this site.
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There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l…
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There is nothing more musical than a sunset.
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Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us…
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Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between…
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Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called 'common sense', which is the most dreadful thing I…
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People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
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The sound of the sea, the curve of a horizon, wind in leaves, the cry of a bird leave manifold…
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If we look at the works of JS Bach ... on each page we discover things which we thought were…
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The century of aeroplanes deserves its own music. As there are no precedents, I must create anew.
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The attraction of the virtuoso for the public is very like that of the circus for the crowd. There is…
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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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Inspiration and ideas only come to me when I have not had a woman in a very long time... Ballads,…
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More Butterfly Quotes
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What the caterpillar calls the end of the world the master calls a butterfly.
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The mark of your ignorance is the depth of your belief in injustice and tragedy. What the caterpillar calls the…
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Everyone is like a butterfly, they start out ugly and awkward and then morph into beautiful graceful butterflies that everyone…
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Death consists, indeed, in a repeated process of unrobing, or unsheathing. The immortal part of man shakes off from itself,…
— Annie Besant
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In my iPod, there are many operas, from A to Z. I have 'Aida' and 'Boheme' and 'Butterfly' and 'Cavalleria'.…
— Andrea Bocelli
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The cynic finds love with the idealist. The rebel with the conformist. The social butterfly with the bookworm. They help…
— Joyce Brothers
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Worry never robs tomorrow of its sorrow, it only saps today of its joy.
— Leo Buscaglia
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Butterflies are always following me, everywhere I go.
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If in 1989 I said, 'I have an idea: Bottle water and sell it. And charge more than a beer,'…
— Adam Carolla
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Float like a butterfly, sting like a bee.
— Muhammad Ali
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I love that feeling of being in love, the effect of having butterflies when you wake up in the morning.…
— Jennifer Aniston
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In nature a repulsive caterpillar turns into a lovely butterfly. But with human beings it is the other way round:…
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