Giacomo Puccini quotes
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“Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.”
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“The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.”
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“The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public.”
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“Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form?”
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“I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!”
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“See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!”
-- Giacomo PucciniSource : Giacomo Puccini, R. H. Elkin (1907). “Madam Butterfly: Opera in Three Acts”
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“That some achieve great success, is proof to all that others can achieve it as well.”
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“The most reliable way to predict the future is to create it.”
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Source : A. B. Simpson (1987). “Missionary Messages: For a Church that Needs to Hear”, p.23, Moody Publishers
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