Top 36 Quotes by Gian Carlo Menotti

About Gian Carlo Menotti

These are some quotes by Italian author Gian Carlo Menotti Composer, who lived between July 7, 1911 and February 1, 2007.

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.

At the premieres, I always watch the audience. If a child asks to go to the bathroom, I know I've failed.

Gian Carlo Menotti

Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.

Writing beautiful melodies is not fashionable because it is very difficult to do.

Gian Carlo Menotti

Fate has blessed me.

Fate has blessed me.

Gian Carlo Menotti

I can sit on a chair with a score and give myself a wonderful performance.

I can sit on a chair with a score and give myself a wonderful performance.

Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

Gian Carlo Menotti

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

I should have worked harder in my life. I suffer from a guilt complex.

Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

Gian Carlo Menotti

As a little boy of 3 or 4, I became lame. Something was wrong with my right leg. There are pictures of me being pulled around in a little wagon. The doctors didn't know what to do. So my nanny took me to the miraculous Madonna at Sacro Monte in Varese, the priest blessed me, and I walked.

Gian Carlo Menotti

My advice to composers is, 'Try to reach 90, and everyone will love you.'

My advice to composers is, 'Try to reach 90, and everyone will love you.'

Gian Carlo Menotti

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

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

Gian Carlo Menotti

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