"The attraction of the virtuoso for the public……" — 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 something dangerous will happen."
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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…
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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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On those who overanalyze his music: When you tear the wings off a butterfly, it is no longer a butterfly
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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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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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Where youth and diffidence are united, it requires uncommon steadiness of reason to resist the attraction of being called the…
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A powerful attraction exists, therefore, to the promotion of a study and of duties of all others engrossing the time…
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Certainly I have no attraction to misery. I don't intentionally go for dark.
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I have a perverse attraction to risk. Not physical risk but emotional, financial risk - anything than can't kill you…
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Greatness lies, not in being strong, but in the right using of strength; and strength is not used rightly when…
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He is greatest whose strength carries up the most hearts by the attraction of his own.
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Love is about mutual respect, apart from attraction.
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Attraction is beyond our will or ideas sometimes.
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Without contraries is no progression. Attraction and repulsion, reason and energy, love and hate, are necessary to human existence.
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I live my life parallel with my work, and they are both equally important. I'm always amazed how much people…
— Cate Blanchett
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I think the attraction to country music is the fans, the lure of the hardcore fan base.
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