Claude Debussy

"Listen to the rain - it speaks in languages older than words."

"Art washes away from the soul the dust of everyday life."

"The most beautiful thing is to die in the pursuit of dreams."

"Music is the poetry of the air."

"To achieve anything in this life, you must pay the price first."

"Gardens are a form of autobiography."

"Do not say the old works are better; say rather that they are different."

"Silence is also a form of music."

"The sun does not shine without shadows."

"One must drown in beauty to find truth."

"Conversations about art lack words."

"Nature is the keeper of all secrets."

"A musician must make music the breath of his being."

"The world breaks everyone, and afterwards, many are stronger."

"In order to create, one must first destroy old ideas."

"The grass does not struggle against the wind; it bends."

"Art never progresses, it simply changes direction."

"Each flower has its own story to tell."

"To love is to surrender to beauty."

"The universe speaks in the language of mathematics and music."

"Courage is not the absence of fear but mastery over it."

"One must live first before one can create."

"The sea remembers everything."

"Rules are meant to be understood, then transcended."

"In a lifetime, one rarely finds perfect beauty; music comes closest."

"The heart knows what the mind cannot explain."

"To paint sound is to paint the invisible."

"Happiness is found in the space between heartbeats."

"The artist must become the instrument of his art."

"Nature is the original artist; we merely echo."