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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Parents are usually more careful to bestow knowledge on their children rather than virtue, the art of speaking well rather than doing well but their manners should be of the greatest concern. – R. Buckminster Fuller

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Art cannot result from sophisticated, frivolous, or superficial effects. – Hans Hofmann

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When you create art, the world has to wait. – Will Smith

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If only life could be a little more tender and art a little more robust. – Alan Rickman

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