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Claude Debussy

"Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art."

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"Works of art make rules; rules do not make works of art."

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Akiroq Brost

"The proper stuff of fiction does not exist everything is the proper stuff of fiction every feeling every thought every quality of brain and spirit is drawn upon no perception comes amiss. And if we can imagine the art of fiction come alive and standing in our midst she would undoubtedly bid us break her and bully her as well as honour and love her for so her youth is renewed and her sovereignty assured."

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Akiroq Brost

"I have always noticed that in portraits of really great writers the mouth is always firmly closed."

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"Music gives life to the soul."

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Akiroq Brost

"Photograph: a picture painted by the sun without instruction in art."

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"I place my fingers upon these keys typing 2,000 dreams per minute and naked of spirit dance forth my cosmic vortex upon this crucifix called language."

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Akiroq Brost

"The capacity to be puzzled is the premise of all creation, be it in art or in science."

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"I see my life in terms of music."

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Akiroq Brost

"Professing not to care is a primordial defense mechanism. Whenever a person finds oneself mired in failure and despondency, rebelling is a viable option to preserve false personal pride."

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Akiroq Brost

"Why poetry, you ask? Because of life, I answer."

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"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."
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"In opera, there is always too much singing."
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