Quotes of Maurice Ravel - somelinesforyou

“ We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess! ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Another significant influence, other than Chabrier - is from Satie, who had a notable effect on Debussy, on myself, and, to tell the truth, on the majority of modern French composers. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ We should always remember that sensitiveness and emotion constitute the real content of a work of art. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ I begin by considering an effect. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess! ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Another significant influence, other than Chabrier - is from Satie, who had a notable effect on Debussy, on myself, and, to tell the truth, on the majority of modern French composers. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Another significant influence, other than Chabrier - is from Satie, who had a notable effect on Debussy, on myself, and, to tell the truth, on the majority of modern French composers. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Remember that I wrote a pavane for a dead princess, and not a dead pavane for a princess! ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ I look like a moor. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Another significant influence, other than Chabrier - is from Satie, who had a notable effect on Debussy, on myself, and, to tell the truth, on the majority of modern French composers. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ For Debussy the musician and the man I have had profound admiration, but by nature I'm different from him. I think I have always personally followed a direction opposed to that of the symbolism of Debussy. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ My intention here is to make it clear that not a single cell of my composition, here in regard to The Raven, is found by chance or intuition, that the composition moved towards perfection with the precision and inevitability of a mathematical equation. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ Another significant influence, other than Chabrier - is from Satie, who had a notable effect on Debussy, on myself, and, to tell the truth, on the majority of modern French composers. ”

- Maurice Ravel

“ You might lose your spontaneity and, instead of composing first-rate Gershwin, end up with second rate Ravel. ”

- Maurice Ravel
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