I was always the first person in the theater all the time. If it was an eight-o'clock curtain, I was here at five-thirty, and it wasn't that I needed to vocalize, because I was all warmed up. I couldn't wait for it to begin.
Interpretation
This quote expresses a deep passion for performance and the excitement that comes with anticipation.
In this quote, Beverly Sills reflects on her dedication and enthusiasm for the theater. Arriving hours early before a performance signifies her love for the art and her eagerness to immerse herself in the experience. It illustrates how genuine passion can lead to a profound connection with one's craft, highlighting the importance of preparation and anticipation in artistic endeavors.
In practice
A motivational speech to aspiring actors about the importance of dedication.
I began by listening to my mother's collection of Amelita Galli-Curci and Lily Pons records, and then was taken (at age eight) to hear Pons at a Met performance of Lakme. It was at that moment that I decided to become an opera star. Not just an opera singer, but an opera star!
A primary function of art and thought is to liberate the individual from the tyranny of his culture in the environmental sense and to permit him to stand beyond it in an autonomy of perception and judgment.
I lived through the garbage. I might as well dine on the caviar.
There is no shortcut to anyplace worth going.
I had found a kind of serenity, a new maturity. I didn't feel better or stronger than anyone else but it seemed no longer important whether everyone loved me or not - more important now was for me to love them. Feeling that way turns your whole life around; living becomes the act of giving.
As a child, I was taught that it was bad manners to bring attention to yourself, and to never, ever make a spectacle of yourself ... All of which I've earned a living doing.
When I started learning the cello, I fell in love with the instrument because it seemed like a voice - my voice.
The writer can choose what he writes about but he cannot choose what he is able to make live.
Great art is never produced for its own sake. It is too difficult to be worth the effort.
I joyfully hasten to meet death. If it come before I have had opportunity to develop all my artistic faculties, it will come, my hard fate notwithstanding, too soon, and I should probably wish it later - yet even then I shall be happy, for will it not deliver me from a state of endless suffering?
When I am putting looks together, I dare myself to make something work. I always look for the most interesting silhouette or something that's a little off, but I have to figure it out. I have to make it me. I think that's the thrill in fashion.
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