Quotes from Giacomo Puccini

The music of this opera (Madame Butterfly) was dictated to me by God. I was merely instrumental in getting it on paper and communicating it to the public.

I lived for art, I lived for love

Art is a kind of illness.

Cold calculation, random spots of color, mathematically exact construction (clearly shown or concealed), drawing that is now silent and now strident.... Is this not form?"

See, the night doth enfold us! See, all the world lies sleeping!

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Braveggia, urla! T'affretta a palesarmi il fondo dell'alma ria!'' ''Shout, braggart! What a rush you're in to show me the last dregs of your vile soul!

Love is in vain if Luck isn't there! / Vano è l'amorese non c'è fortuna!

Vissi d'arte, vissi d'amore, non feci mai male ad anima viva!

Beware: this is a place of tears. Questo è luogo di lagrime! Badate!

Even you, o Princess, in your cold room, watch the stars, that tremble with love and with hope. But my secret is hidden within me, my name no one shall know...

los hombres mueren y los gobiernos cambian, pero las canciones de La Bohéme vivirán siempre. Thomas Alva edison

Chi il bel sogno di Doretta potè indovinar? Il suo mister come mai come mai fini Ahimè! un giorno uno studente in bocca la baciò e fu quel bacio rivelazione: fu la passione! Folle amore! Folle ebbrezza! Chi la sottil carezza d'un bacio così ardente mai ridir potrà? Ah! mio sogno! Ah! mia vita! Che importa la ricchezza se alfine è rifiorita la felicità! O sogno d'or poter amar così!

I've so many things to tell you, or rather only one, but that one is huge as the ocean, as deep and infinite as the sea… You are my love and my whole life!

The work comes into the world at an undetermined hour, from a still unknown, but it comes inevitably.

Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.

Art is a kind of illness.

I'm working, but there is so much still to be done! And it frightens me to think of my weight of years. But on we go, without fear or hesitation!