"The fundamental cause of the trouble is that in the modern world the stupid are cocksure while the intelligent are full of doubt." - Bertrand Russell
"You are born an artist or you are not. And you stay an artist, dear, even if your voice is less of a fireworks. The artist is always there." - Maria Callas
Are we to paint what's on the face, what's inside the face, or what's behind it? - Pablo Picasso
"Art requires philosophy, just as philosophy requires art. Otherwise, what would become of beauty?" - Paul Gauguin
"Every singer has to find his or her own way - in life as well as in music." - Andreas Scholl
Opera is where a guy gets stabbed in the back, and instead