Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements. Votes: 14
I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation! Votes: 6
The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public. Votes: 6
Art is a kind of illness. Votes: 2
Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident . . . . Is this not form? Votes: 0
I lived for art, I lived for love Votes: 0
See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping! Votes: 0
The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably. Votes: 0