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How Wonderful Opera Would Be If There Were No Singers.

Answer Them Critics With Silence And Indifference. It Works Better, I Assure You, Than Anger And Argument. . . .

Every Kind Of Music Is Good, Except The Boring Kind.

Wagner Has Lovely Moments But Awful Quarters Of An Hour.

Nothing Primes Inspiration More Than Necessity, Whether It Be The Presence Of A Copyist Waiting For Your Work Or The Prodding Of An Impresario Tearing His Hair.