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

Quote by Gian Carlo Menotti

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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...

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...

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

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

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...

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...

Not an audience but a habit.

Not an audience but a habit.

The auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound.

The auditor is a watchdog and not a bloodhound.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Always make the audience suffer as much as possible.

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've...

Tell the audience what you're going to say, say it; then tell them what you've...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

An audience is never wrong. An individual member of it may be an imbecile, but...

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard,...

Your purpose is to make your audience see what you saw, hear what you heard,...

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

Audiences cry in the theater when people make a hard choice-for life.

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and...

What I've discovered is that in art, as in music, there's a lot of truth-and...

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

God is a comedian, playing to an audience too afraid to laugh.

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

I've always been the breadwinner and men don't like that. They turn on you. They...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

The audience is the best judge of anything. They cannot be lied to. Truth brings...

I love hearing my audience breathe.

I love hearing my audience breathe.

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

An audience is always warming but it must never be necessary to your work

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....

In the old days villains had moustaches and kicked the dog. Audiences are smarter today....