If Beethoven Is A Prodigy Of Man,

Eating, Loving, Singing, And Digesting Are, In Truth, The Four Acts Of The Comic Opera Known As Life, And They Pass Like Bubbles Of A Bottle Of Champagne. Whoever Lets Them Break Without Having Enjoyed Them Is A Complete Fool.

Wolfgang Amadeus Mozart Is The Only Musician Who Had As Much Knowledge Asgenius, And As Much Genius As Knowledge.

Give Me A Laundry List And I'll Set It To Music.

How Wonderful Opera Would Be If There Were No Singers.

Answer Them Critics With Silence And Indifference. It Works Better, I Assure You, Than Anger And Argument. . . .