Gioacchino Rossini ( 4 of 4 )
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
Answer them [critics] with silence and indifference. It works better, I assure you, than anger and argument. . . .
Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours.
Wagner's music has some wonderful moments but awful half hours.
Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.
Wagner has lovely moments but awful quarters of an hour.
Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.
Give me a laundry-list and I'll set it to music.