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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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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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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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The history of art is the history of revivals. – Samuel Butler

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It was Public Art, defined as art that is purchased by experts who are not spending their own personal money. – Dave Barry

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The essence of all art is to have pleasure in giving pleasure. – Dale Carnegie

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