Art Quote by Ian McDiarmid

The notion that the great artist requires a great patron has been around since the Pharaohs. That the born patron also needs an artist…

— Shana Alexander

I come from a very strenuous, strict, disciplined classical music background. My grandfather, noted Carnatic classical exponent Dr. Sripada Pinakapani, was a Padma Bhushan…

— Chinmayi

Opera is one of the most important art forms. It should be listened to and appreciated by everyone.

— Luciano Pavarotti

It is essential to do everything possible to attract young people to opera so they can see that it is not some antiquated art…

— Bruce Beresford

By the grace of God and with His help, I shall one day be a Liszt in technique and a Mozart in composition

— Bedrich Smetana

The greatest gift a man can have is to have an operatic voice.

— Bruno Sammartino

I have always believed that opera is a planet where the muses work together, join hands and celebrate all the arts.

— Franco Zeffirelli

Art is all about the experience. I could say I don't really relate to opera, but then you watch Placido Domingo, and you go,…

— David Harewood

Any composer should be able to synthesize the primary feelings that the characters are going through in the movie.

— James Newton Howard

He's there the Phantom of the opera. Beware the Phantom of the opera.

— Nightwish

I have declared that I will work free of cost with those composers who are passionate about their work. Sohail Sen is one such…

— Sukhwinder Singh

“Mattheson was perhaps too clever for his own good; nonetheless the smart money was on this sophisticated and broadly educated polymath. Later on he…

— John Eliot Gardiner