Claude Debussy Quote

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called "common sense", which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's no more than a religion founded to excuse the ubiquity of imbeciles!

Debussy Letters (1987) edited by Francois Lesure and Roger Nichols

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called common sense, which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's...

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called common sense, which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's...

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called common sense, which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's...

Composers aren't daring enough. They're afraid of that sacred idol called common sense, which is the most dreadful thing I know — after all, it's...