Quote by Claude Debussy
Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people tr

Art is the most beautiful deception of all. And although people try to incorporate the everyday events of life in it, we must hope that it will remain a deception lest it become a utilitarian thing, sad as a factory. – Claude Debussy

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Beauty must appeal to the senses, must provide us with immediate enjoyment, must impress us or insinuate itself into us without any effort on our part. – Claude Debussy

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I love music passionately. And because I love it I try to free it from barren traditions that stifle it. – Claude Debussy

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Surely nothing has to listen to so many stupid remarks as a painting in a museum. – Edmond & Jules de Goncourt

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I think having land and not ruining it is the most beautiful art that anybody could ever want to own. – Andy Warhol

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Freedom in art, freedom in society, this is the double goal towards which all consistent and logical minds must strive. – Victor Hugo

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I do not want art for a few any more than education for a few, or freedom for a few. – William Morris

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We promise according to our hopes, and perform according to our fears. – François VI de la Rochefoucault

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When I gave birth to my fourth child, I suffered from post partum hemorrhaging. I almost lost my life. I was lucky to be under the care of trained health care personnel. I started wondering then what was happening to women in rural villages. – Joyce Banda

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