I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.
Giuseppe VerdiI deny that either singers or conductors can "create" or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.
Giuseppe VerdiI adore art...when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.
Giuseppe Verdi