People Don't Very Much Like Things That

People Don't Very Much Like Things That Are Beautiful - They Are So Far From Their Nasty Little Minds.

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!

What I Am Trying To Do Is Something Different - An Effect Of Reality, But What Some Fools Call Impressionism, A Term That Is Usually Misapplied, Especially By The Critics Who Don't Hesitate To Apply It To Turner, The Greatest Creator Of Mysterious Effects In The Whole World Of Art.

The Attraction Of The Virtuoso For The Public Is Very Like That Of The Circus For The Crowd. There Is Always The Hope That Something Dangerous May Happen.

Collect Impressions. Don't Be In A Hurry To Write Them Down. Because That's Something Music Can Do Better Than Painting: It Can Centralise Variations Of Colour And Light Within A Single Picture A Truth Generally Ignored, Obvious As It Is.