--- title: "11 Giacomo Puccini Quotes - Famous Opera composer (Madama Butterfly)" description: "Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Browse 11 Giacomo Puccini quotes." image: "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-giacomo-puccini-38446.jpg" --- ![Portrait of Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/wp-content/uploads/sms4s/authors/processed/b010/author-giacomo-puccini-38446.jpg) # Giacomo Puccini (1858–1924) Opera Composer **11** quotes in **37** categories Rate this collection: ★ ★ ★ ★ ★ No ratings yet Giacomo Puccini was an opera composer, best known for *Madama Butterfly*. ## Quick Facts About Giacomo Puccini Born December 22, 1858 Died November 29, 1924 Profession Opera Composer Notable works Madama Butterfly ## About Giacomo Puccini Giacomo Antonio Domenico Michele Secondo Maria Puccini was an Italian composer known primarily for his operas. Widely regarded as the greatest and most successful proponent of Italian opera after Verdi, he was descended from a long line of composers, stemming from the late Baroque era. Though his early work was firmly rooted in traditional late-nineteenth-century Romantic Italian opera, it later developed in the realistic verismo style, of which he became one of the leading exponents. ## Quotes by Giacomo Puccini > [I lived for art, I lived for love](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love-1355611_1355611.jpg) > [Art is a kind of illness.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/art-is-a-kind-of-illness/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_art-is-a-kind-of-illness-251562_251562.jpg) > [“Beware: this is a place of tears. Questo è luogo di lagrime! Badate!”](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/beware-this-is-a-place-of-tears-questo-luogo-di-lagrime-badate/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/850/giacomo-puccini-38397_amor_beware-this-is-a-place-of-tears-questo-l_2309047.jpg) > [See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/see-the-night-doth-enfold-us-see-all-the-world-lies-sleeping/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Lying](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/lying/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/e35/giacomo-puccini-38397_lying_see-the-night-doth-enfold-us-see-all-the_2746648.jpg) > [Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/inspiration-is-an-awakening-a-quickening-of-all-man-s-faculties-and/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Art](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/art/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/114/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_inspiration-is-an-awakening-a-quickening_1318384.jpg) > [The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/the-music-of-this-opera-madame-butterfly-was-dictated-to-me-by-god-i/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Butterfly](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/butterfly/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/c88/giacomo-puccini-38397_butterfly_the-music-of-this-opera-madame-butterfly_2143791.jpg) > [“Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope. But my secret is…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/even-you-o-princess-in-your-cold-room-watch-the-stars-that-tremble/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/bb1/giacomo-puccini-38397_hope_even-you-o-princess-in-your-cold-room-wa_2097361.jpg) > [The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/the-work-comes-into-the-world-at-an-undetermined-hour-from-a-still/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/4b0/giacomo-puccini-38397_hours_the-work-comes-into-the-world-at-an-unde_3153723.jpg) > [I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years.…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/i-m-working-but-there-is-so-much-still-to-be-done-and-it-frightens-me/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/938/giacomo-puccini-38397_done_i-m-working-but-there-is-so-much-still-t_2825765.jpg) > [Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident .…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/cold-calculation-random-spots-of-color-mathematically-exact/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Artist](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/artist/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/0bf/giacomo-puccini-38397_artist_cold-calculation-random-spots-of-color-m_11601.jpg) > [“Braveggia, urla! T'affretta a palesarmi il fondo dell'alma ria!'' ''Shout, braggart! What a rush you're in to show me the last dregs…](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/braveggia-urla-t-affretta-a-palesarmi-il-fondo-dell-alma-ria-shout/) [Giacomo Puccini](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/) [Amor](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/about/amor/) [Image](https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/552/giacomo-puccini-38397_amor_braveggia-urla-t-affretta-a-palesarmi-il_160643.jpg) ```json { "@context": "https://schema.org", "@graph": [ { "@type": "ItemList", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/author/giacomo-puccini/#itemlist", "name": "Giacomo Puccini Quotes", "numberOfItems": 11, "itemListElement": [ { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 1, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "I lived for art, I lived for love", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Giacomo Puccini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love-1355611_1355611.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love-1355611_1355611.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/933/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_i-lived-for-art-i-lived-for-love-1355611_1355611.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“I lived for art, I lived for love” — Giacomo Puccini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 2, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "Art is a kind of illness.", "creator": { "@type": "Person", "name": "Giacomo Puccini" }, "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/giacomo-puccini/art-is-a-kind-of-illness/", "image": { "@type": "ImageObject", "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_art-is-a-kind-of-illness-251562_251562.jpg", "contentUrl": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_art-is-a-kind-of-illness-251562_251562.jpg", "url": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/i/463/giacomo-puccini-38397_art_art-is-a-kind-of-illness-251562_251562.jpg", "width": 1080, "height": 1080, "caption": "“Art is a kind of illness.” — Giacomo Puccini", "creditText": "SMS4Smile Quotes", "creator": { "@id": "https://sms4smile.com/quotes/#organization" } } } }, { "@type": "ListItem", "position": 3, "item": { "@type": "Quotation", "text": "“Beware: this is a place of tears. 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