For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy.
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I love Italian opera -- it's so reckless. Damn Wagner, and his bellowings at Fate and death. Damn Debussy, and his averted face. I like the Italians who run all on impulse, and don't care about their immortal souls, and don't worry about the ultimate.
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Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow.
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L'amour vient de l'aveuglement, l'amitie de la connaissance. (Love comes from blindness, friendship from knowledge.)
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Love comes from blindness, friendship from knowledge.
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We are each of us angels with only one wing. And we can only fly by embracing each other.
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Absence is to love what wind is to fire it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
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Absence is to love what wind is to fire; it extinguishes the small, it enkindles the great.
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As you know, God is generally on the side of the big squadrons against the small ones.
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If I am not making music, I have no reason for existing.
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