Grand Opera Quotes
- The only way to stave off boredom, in a complex domesticated primate like humankind, is to increase one's intelligence. This is not appealing to the… — Robert Anton Wilson
- Grand opera is a form of musical entertainment for people who hate music. — Edward Abbey
- Grand opera is the most powerful of stage appeals and that almost entirely through the beauty of music. — John Philip Sousa
- In how many lives does love really play a dominant part? The average taxpayer is no more capable of the grand passion than of a… — Israel Zangwill
- I tell you, it is easier to build a grand opera or a city center than to build a personal house. — Alvar Aalto
- To survive there, you need the ambition of a Latin-American revolutionary, the ego of a grand opera tenor, and the physical stamina of a cow… — Billie Burke
- In real life as in grand opera, arias only make hopeless situations worse. — Kurt Vonnegut
- Increasingly, I find myself drawn to classic forms - to Euripides, Shakespeare and grand opera. — Robert Wilson