It is better to invert reality than to copy it.
It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better. - Giuseppe Verdi
It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.
- Giuseppe Verdi
The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him. - Giuseppe Verdi
The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him.
A man like Verdi must write like Verdi. - Giuseppe Verdi
A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.
You may have the universe if I may have Italy. - Giuseppe Verdi
You may have the universe if I may have Italy.
Through care taken over trends, the desire to be novel and affectation knowledge, we repudiate our art, our instinct, our own way of doing things; it… - Giuseppe Verdi
Through care taken over trends, the desire to be novel and affectation knowledge, we repudiate our art, our instinct, our own way of doing things; it…
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna. - Giuseppe Verdi
The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.
Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs. - Giuseppe Verdi
Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs.
Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music. - Giuseppe Verdi
Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music.
It is better to invert reality than to copy it. - Giuseppe Verdi
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