Author: Gian Carlo Menotti

Quotes

God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that.

God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that.

- Gian Carlo Menotti

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God.

- Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

- Gian Carlo Menotti

A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music.

A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music.

- Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

- Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

- Gian Carlo Menotti

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

- Gian Carlo Menotti

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the 'Nutcracker' or 'A Christmas Carol.'

- Gian Carlo Menotti

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