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Giuseppe Verdi quotes: A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.

A man like Verdi must write like Verdi.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.

The success of our operas rests most of the time in the hands of the conductor. This person is as necessary as a tenor or a prima donna.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: Oh, you happy sons of the North who have been reared at the bosom of Bach, how I envy you!

Oh, you happy sons of the North who have been reared at the bosom of Bach, how I envy you!

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song or music.

I order that my funeral ceremonies be extremely modest, and that they take place at dawn or at the evening Ave Maria, without song or music.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: It is better to invert reality than to copy it.

It is better to invert reality than to copy it.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music.

Of all composers, past and present, I am the least learned. I mean that in all seriousness, and by learning I do not mean knowledge of music.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: I deny that either singers or conductors can create or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.

I deny that either singers or conductors can create or work creatively - this, as I have always said, is a conception that leads to the abyss.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs.

Oh blessed a thousand times the peasant who is born, eats and dies without anybody bothering about his affairs.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: You may have the universe if I may have Italy

You may have the universe if I may have Italy

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.

I have striven for perfection, it has always eluded me, but I surely had an obligation to make one more try.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: I adore art ... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much

I adore art ... when I am alone with my notes, my heart pounds and the tears stream from my eyes, and my emotion and my joys are too much to bear.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.

It may be a good thing to copy reality; but to invent reality is much, much better.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: Show pity I beg you ... We have today been struck down by fortuneBut tomorrow it may be your own turn to die.

Show pity I beg you ...
We have today been struck down by fortune
But tomorrow it may be your own turn to die.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

Stupid criticism and still more stupid praise.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.

To copy the truth can be a good thing, but to invent the truth is better, much better.

Giuseppe Verdi quotes: The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him.

The artist must yield himself to his own inspiraton, and if he has a true talent, no one knows and feels better than he what suits him.