''"One must first be a human being. All true art grows out of that which is distinctively human."''
''"One must first be a human being. All true art grows out of that which is distinctively human."''
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In 1826, [[Maurice Ravel]] said: " The generation of French composers to which I belong has been strongly attracted to his music. There is no composer to whom I feel a closer affinity -- besides Debussy -- than Grieg."