Peter Townsend Music is the silence between the notes.. So could it be said that dance is the stillness between the steps?

First of all, ladies and gentlemen, you must forget that you are singers.

Listen to no one's advice except that of the wind in the trees. That can recount the whole history of mankind.

Extreme complication is contrary to art.

[on Richard Wagner] A beautiful sunset that was mistaken for a dawn.

Do not allow the accents in the brass to produce space between the notes.

In opera, there is always too much singing.