The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to… - Claude Debussy

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The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams.

Claude Debussy

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Achille-Claude Debussy (22 August 1862 – 25 March 1918) was a French composer, prominent in the style commonly referred to as Impressionist music, though he himself intensely disliked the term.

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Alternative Names: Debussy • Claude Achille Debussy • Achille Claude Debussy • C. Debussy • Claude-Achille Debussy • Achille-Claude • A. Cl. Debussy • Achille-Claude Debussy

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Αν πρέπει να νικηθώ, άραγε εσύ θα είσαι ο νικητής μου;

Art is the most beautiful of all lies

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called "common sense", which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's no more than a religion founded to excuse the ubiquity of imbeciles!

The music I desire must be supple enough to adapt itself to the lyrical effusions of the soul and the fantasy of dreams. - Claude Debussy

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