"Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out."

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Gian Carlo Menotti

#Opera Quotes #Composer Quotes #Feels Quotes

“I knew I wanted to write on religious themes when I was a GI in World War II. I saw and experienced so much violence that I thought I could express my outrage best with music.”
“I think people are at their most creative when they're relaxed. I don't believe that tension is good for creativity. Everyone is relaxed and therefore can feel able to express their own individual creativity and lots of ideas come in. It's a joy like that.”

Source : Source: collider.com
“When we experience our own desire for transformation, we are feeling the universe evolving through us.”

Source : Barbara Marx Hubbard (2015). “Conscious Evolution: Awakening the Power of Our Social Potential”, p.32, New World Library
“The Irish tell the story of a man who arrives at the gates of heaven and asks to be let in St. Peter says, â€œOf course, just show us your scars.â€ The man says, â€œI have no scarsâ€. St. Peter says, â€œWhat a pity was there nothing worth fighting forâ€?”
“The jealous man is so preoccupied with what he hasn't got that he fails to appreciate the value of what he has got. He loses the ability to feel glad because the sun is shining. He doesn't see the wonder and the newness of the beginning of spring.”
“Beauty in the flesh will continue to rule the world.”
“I would like to thank the Cypriot people for their maturity and collectedness shown in their interactions with the Cypriot Banks.”

Source : Twitter post from Mar 28, 2013
“Some people, however long their experience or strong their intellect, are temperamentally incapable of reaching firm decisions.”

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