Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.

Quote by Gian Carlo Menotti

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A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his...

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his...

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our...

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that...

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is...

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is...

Not an audience but a habit.

Not an audience but a habit.

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must...

Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must...