Claude Debussy

"I confess that I am no longer thinking in musical terms, or at least not much, even though I believe with all my heart that Music remains for all time the finest means of expression we have. It’s just…"

"First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers."

"There is no theory. You have only to listen. Pleasure is the law. I love music passionately. And because l love it, I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. It is a free art gushing for…"

"To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love."

"Is it not our duty to find the symphonic formula which fits our time, one which progress, daring and modern victory demand? The century of airplanes has a right to its own music."

"Music should humbly seek to please; within these limits great beauty may perhaps be found. Extreme complication is contrary to art. Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enj…"

"Works of art make rules but rules do not make works of art."

"How much has to be explored and discarded before reaching the naked flesh of feeling."