"When Claude Debussy studied at the Paris Conservatory from age ten to age twenty-two, many considered him a rebel because of his treatment of dissonance and his disdain for the established forms. He reputedly turned to a fellow student during a performance of Beethoven with the words, "Let's go. He's starting to develop."

-- Claude Debussy

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“I would not exchange my life of ease and quiet for the riches of Arabia.”
“Porsche....there is no substitute”
“I didn't want to write a biographie romancee especially since I already write novels, nor did I want to challenge the rules of the biography game, arbitrary as those rules might be”
“I could not get my fill of looking. There should be a song for women to sing at this moment or a prayer to recite. But perhaps there is none because there are no words strong enough to name that moment.”
“Luck is a component that a lot of people in the arts sometimes fail to recognise: that you can have talent, perseverance, patience, but without luck you will not have a successful career.”
“The world changes too fast. You take your eyes off something that's always been there, and the next minute it's just a memory.”

Source : Michel Faber (2014). “The Book of Strange New Things”, p.31, Canongate Books
“If you want something Scottish, go get yourself a kilt.”
“Half of what you will accomplish in a day will be determined before you leave home. Three quarters of what you achieve will be determined before you enter the classroom door”

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