I rebelled against the idea of the artist being what I call the 'after-dinner mint' of society. I didn't want them to be just the entertainers, but rather part of the community - the bread, not only the dessert. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
It takes a Bobby White to make a tired 90-year-old composer write a song about love. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
It's always what you did before. The year before is always so much better. Even when the critics hated what you did then, it… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
God gives you the gift of melody or He doesn't - it's as simple as that. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
It was my contention that opera can not only pay for itself if it is well given, but it can also command a much… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
People ask me whether I'm religious. Well, in a certain way, I am. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
A Schubert song, the A-major chord at the opening of Wagner's 'Lohengrin' - such incredible beauty is a mystery, the divinity of music. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
I have a heart problem, so I have to simplify my life and be content with memories and friends and music. — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with Patience, builds up Chastity, is like the columns that sustain the four… — Gian Carlo Menotti Copy Share Image
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 Copy Share Image
