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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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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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...

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.

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 come...

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

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach...

You can teach a student a lesson for a day; but if you can teach...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

An education isnt how much you have committed to memory, or even how much you...

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn...

The only person who is educated is the one who has learned how to learn...

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

Self-education is, I firmly believe, the only kind of education there is.

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...

What is important is to keep learning, to enjoy challenge, and to tolerate ambiguity. In...

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

I cannot teach anybody anything, I can only make them think.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

What we have to learn to do, we learn by doing.

Tell me and Ill forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and Ill...

Tell me and Ill forget; show me and I may remember; involve me and Ill...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...

I never teach my pupils; I only attempt to provide the conditions in which they...