It is not enough to refuse the Legion d’Honneur. One should never have deserved it.
Erik Satie Quotes
The musician is perhaps the most modest of animals, but he is also the proudest. It is he who invented the sublime art of ruining poetry.
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| Birth: | 17th May, 1866 |
| Death: | 1st July, 1925 |
| Nationality: | French |
| Profession: | Composer, Pianist |
About
Éric Alfred Leslie Satie was born in Honfleur, France. He was a French composer and pianist. His work was a precursor to later artistic movements such as minimalism, Surrealism, repetitive music, and the Theatre of the Absurd. An eccentric, he was introduced as a "gymnopedist" in 1887, shortly before writing his most famous compositions, the Gymnopédies. In addition to his body of music, he was "a thinker with a gift of eloquence" who left a remarkable set of writings, having contributed work for a range of publications, from the dadaist 391 to the American culture chronicle Vanity Fair.
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