#opera

Whatever life may really be, it is to us an abstraction: for the word is a generalised term to signify that which is common to all animals and plants, and which is not directly operative in the inorganic world. ↗

— Oliver Joseph Lodge

#common #directly #inorganic #life #may

Even the Beatles lived their lives as a soap opera. ↗

— Chris Lowe

#even #lived #lives #opera #soap

A sincere and steadfast co-operation in promoting such a reconstruction of our political system as would provide for the permanent liberty and happiness of the United States. ↗

— James Madison

#happiness #liberty #our #permanent #political

An operetta is simply a small and gay opera. ↗

— Gustav Mahler

#opera #simply #small

Films have degenerated to their original operation as carnival amusement - they offer not drama but thrills. ↗

— David Mamet

#carnival #degenerated #drama #films #offer

A Librettist is a mere drudge in the world of opera. ↗

— Robertson Davies

#mere #opera #world

I love opera, I love writing for the voice, I love telling stories with music. ↗

— Anthony Davis

#i love #love #music #opera #stories

By jove, no wonder women don't love war nor understand it, nor can operate in it as a rule; it takes a man to suffer what other men have invented. ↗

— Janet Flanner

#love #man #men #nor #operate

If I felt that one of my operas did not come off I would certainly say so. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#come #did #felt #i #off

It's necessary to track characters all the way through an opera. If you're dealing with more than one or two characters, it's very easy to forget that the others have lives of their own that feed into the story. ↗

— Carlisle Floyd

#dealing #easy #feed #forget #into