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To complete a work is just like being present at the death of someone you love.
Claude Debussy
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Claude Debussy
Age: 55 †
Born: 1862
Born: August 22
Died: 1918
Died: March 25
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St. Germain-en-Laye
Claud Debussy
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Claude Achille Debussy
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People come to music to seek oblivion: is that not also a form of deception?
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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.
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The colour of my soul is iron-grey and sad bats wheel about the steeple of my dreams.
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First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.
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