“I wanted to be born at the farthest limit of the world. I'll explore it, I said to myself, biting big chunks from it. And when I want, I'll go straight to the core. This is the way of the world I thought in my innocence, round and around the layers of peel until the taste becomes certain.” WorldWayWantSaidBigsWantedCertainBornTasteLimitsExperienceRoundsCoreInnocenceLayersChunksBiting Author:Abba Kovner
“When asked by a grumpily puzzled professor what "rules" he followed, Debussy is said to have retorted, mon plaisir "whatever I please" and he further claimed that more was to be gained by watching the sun rise than by listening to the Pastoral Symphony. Although such remarks were intended to shock, they contain a core of Debussyan verity.” SaidPastSunListeningPleaseCoreShockProfessorsRemarksSymphonyPuzzledSun RiseDebussy Author:Claude Debussy