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Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes

I thought conceptual art was a joke Picture Quote #1

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex Picture Quote #1

Not an audience but a habit Picture Quote #1

The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Amsterdam or listen to a black choir, I hear four-part harmony. Italians could never do that. In Italy, we all have to sing the melody because we cannot harmonise Picture Quote #1

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I’ve failed Picture Quote #1

I really don’t think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too Picture Quote #1

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God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn’t - it’s as simple as that Picture Quote #1

I have the feeling that everybody was waiting for me to die so they could rediscover me. Then they found out I’m not dead yet, so they are rediscovering me while I’m still alive Picture Quote #1

I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart Picture Quote #1

I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music Picture Quote #1

The only thing that interests me in music is to be able to reach into the, let’s call it, ‘collective unconscious’ of what is noblest in the human spirit, the way you find in the music of Mozart and Beethoven and Verdi that wonderful quality that not a note can be changed Picture Quote #1

There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy silence in Italy. Second, I like cold weather. Third, in Italy I have too many relatives and know too many people, so I never get a quiet time Picture Quote #1

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One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the ‘Nutcracker’ or ‘A Christmas Carol.’ Picture Quote #1

As a little boy of 3 or 4, I became lame. Something was wrong with my right leg. There are pictures of me being pulled around in a little wagon. The doctors didn’t know what to do. So my nanny took me to the miraculous Madonna at Sacro Monte in Varese, the priest blessed me, and I walked Picture Quote #1

Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do Picture Quote #1

I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God Picture Quote #1

Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four corners of a house. For it was that same Love which planted a glorious garden redolent with precious herbs and noble flowers-roses and lilies-which breathed forth a wondrous fragrance, that garden on which the true Solomon was accustomed to feast his eyes Picture Quote #1

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do Picture Quote #1

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Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity Picture Quote #1

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance Picture Quote #1

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding Picture Quote #1

Music is... a form of remembering, a return to the seasons of the heart long gone Picture Quote #1

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed Picture Quote #1

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears Picture Quote #1

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Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out Picture Quote #1

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I thought conceptual art was a joke (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Not an audience but a habit (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) The Italians are very unmusical. If I go to a Protestant church in London or Amsterdam or listen to a black choir, I hear four-part harmony. Italians could never do that. In Italy, we all have to sing the melody because we cannot harmonise. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I’ve failed. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I really don’t think I have that much of the gift; I have a little bit, but I wish I were Schubert or Chopin or Beethoven, though Beethoven had a very difficult time writing melody, too. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn’t - it’s as simple as that (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I have the feeling that everybody was waiting for me to die so they could rediscover me. Then they found out I’m not dead yet, so they are rediscovering me while I’m still alive. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I know of no better definition of love than the one given by Proust - Love is space and time measured by the heart. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) The only thing that interests me in music is to be able to reach into the, let’s call it, ‘collective unconscious’ of what is noblest in the human spirit, the way you find in the music of Mozart and Beethoven and Verdi that wonderful quality that not a note can be changed. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) There are three reasons why I live in Scotland. First, I like silence, and you have to be a millionaire to buy silence in Italy. Second, I like cold weather. Third, in Italy I have too many relatives and know too many people, so I never get a quiet time. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) One lived in the impression that nobody could ever compete with the ‘Nutcracker’ or ‘A Christmas Carol.’ (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) As a little boy of 3 or 4, I became lame. Something was wrong with my right leg. There are pictures of me being pulled around in a little wagon. The doctors didn’t know what to do. So my nanny took me to the miraculous Madonna at Sacro Monte in Varese, the priest blessed me, and I walked. (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) I have always felt that art, especially music, is but a demonstration of God (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four corners of a house. For it was that same Love which planted a glorious garden redolent with precious herbs and noble flowers-roses and lilies-which breathed forth a wondrous fragrance, that garden on which the true Solomon was accustomed to feast his eyes (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Love is born of faith, lives on hope, and dies of charity (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Music is... a form of remembering, a return to the seasons of the heart long gone (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes) Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out (Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes)