Toru Takemitsu

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."

"I always want to write erotic music... Not only about the love between men and women, but in a much more universal sense - about the sensuality of the mechanism of the universe... about life."

"Although I am basically self taught, I consider Debussy my teacher - the most important elements are colour, light and shadow."