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.
In the earliest ages science was poetry, as in the later poetry has become science.
I was practically driven to Rome in order to obtain the opportunities for art culture and to find a social atmosphere where I was not constantly reminded of my color. The land of liberty had no room for a colored sculptor.
When I was a mailman, writing songs was my escape from the regular world, and now writing songs is my job. And I've always been one to avoid my job.
The science of design, or of line-drawing, if you like to use this term, is the source and very essence of painting, sculpture, architecture... Sometimes... it seems to me that... all the works of the human brain and hand are either design itself or a branch of that art.
The art of storytelling is reaching its end because the epic side of truth, wisdom, is dying out.
The richest source of creation is feeling, followed by a vision of its meaning.
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