Gian Carlo Menotti Quotes

Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers - and never succeeding.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Art, Beauty, Effort

Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved, of all the gifts which we have wasted, of all that we might have done which we did not do.
Gian Carlo Menotti

God, Done, Hell

A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Wise, Ignorance, Begins

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

Good, Sing, Subject

Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Quality, Ears, Melody

Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed.
Gian Carlo Menotti

Life, Waiting, Dream

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Biography

Nationality: Italian

Born: July 7, 1911

Died: February 1, 2007

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