El artista debe ceder el paso a su propia inspiración... Debo componer con la confianza absoluta sobre el tema que hace correr mi sangre musical, a pesar de haber sido condenado por todos los otros artistas como anti-musical.
The artist must yield himself to his own inspiration... I should compose with utter confidence a subject that set my musical blood going, even though it were condemned by all other artists as anti-musical.
Giuseppe Verdi, 1854
