If you approach an opera as though it were something that always went a certain way, that's what you get. I approach an opera as though I didn't know it.

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I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

I enjoy doing both of them very much, concert work particularly, and the division varies...

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing...

That's what it is that you rehearse - the making of music, not the playing...

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

As the director of an opera, it is my responsibility to unify the style of...

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

If you can sell green toothpaste in this country, you can sell opera.

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

Success is important only to the extent that it puts one in a position to...

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide...

The fact is that great musical pieces take and hold the stage because they provide...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can there will always come...

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

Music - opera particularly - is a process which is endurable or successful only if...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

Learn everything you can, anytime you can, from anyone you can - there will always...

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

I would have carved on the portals of the National Press Club, Put not your...

If you have someone that loves you...appreciate it because every since sex came easy, love...

If you have someone that loves you...appreciate it because every since sex came easy, love...

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...

Knowing how things work is the basis for appreciation, and is thus a source of...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

There is no such thing as absolute value in this world. You can only estimate...

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

When one's expectations are reduced to zero, one really appreciates everything one does have

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

The secret of life is to appreciate the pleasure of being terribly deceived

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Love is but the discovery of ourselves in others, and the delight in the recognition.

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Appreciation is a wonderful thing: It makes what is excellent in others belong to us...

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big...

Just because an animal is large, it doesn't mean he doesn't want kindness; however big...

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

Never underestimate people. They do desire the cut of truth.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

Our emotional symptoms are precious sources of life and individuality.

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities

The Gods cannot help those who do not seize opportunities