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For me art and music especially consists of raising ourselves as high as possible above that which is.

— Gabriel Fauré At the Piano with Gabriel Fauré (1963)

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To know an art really well, one must know everything about it, both its origins and its development.

At the Piano with Gabriel Fauré (1963)

Imagining is trying to formulate all one would wish to be better, all that surpasses reality.

At the Piano with Gabriel Fauré (1963)

But Lortat, I'm not in the habit of attracting crowds.

Only it cannot be done any faster.

At the Piano with Gabriel Fauré (1963)

And I always enjoy seeing sunlight play on the rocks, the water, the trees and plains. What variety of effects, what brilliance and what softness... I wish my music could show as much diversity.

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