Our mistake, you see, was to write interminable large operas, which had to fill an entire evening. And now along comes someone with a one or two-act opera without all that pompous nonsense - that was a happy reform.
Giuseppe VerdiTo copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.
Giuseppe VerdiThe artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him.
Giuseppe Verdi