Giacomo Meyerbeer

“An opera is a collection of beautiful lies.”

“Melody alone is the lifeblood of music.”

“The theatre demands exaggeration.”

“My greatest desire is to write something that will live.”

“Success is a duty.”

“Do not believe those who tell you that the public is stupid; it is more intelligent than the cleverest of us.”

“I believe that I can still be of some use to my art.”

“First of all, I must protest that I am not a composer of the future, but of the present.”

“The public is the only judge, the only true connoisseur.”