Love, which, in concert with Abstinence, established Faith, and which, along with — Gian Carlo Menotti
Art is the unceasing effort to compete with the beauty of flowers – and never succeeding. — Gian Carlo Menotti
A man only becomes wise when he begins to calculate the approximate depth of his ignorance. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Any subject is good for opera if the composer feels it so intently he must sing it out. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Melody is a form of remembrance. It must have a quality of inevitability in our ears. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Waiting and hoping are the whole of life, and as soon as a dream is realized it is destroyed. — Gian Carlo Menotti
Hell begins on the day when God grants us a clear vision of all that we might have achieved — Gian Carlo Menotti