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The people who make art their business are mostly imposters.

Always be a first-rate version of yourself, instead of a second-rate version of somebody else.

I want you to be everything that’s you, deep at the center of your being.

God hath given you one face, and you make yourselves another.

To be a true artist you have to play the way you feel – not the way others think you should feel.

Do not trust to the cheering, for those persons would shout as much if you and I were going to be hanged.

To tell you the truth, I never listen to opera at home.

Don’t let your special character and values, the secret that you know and no one else does, the truth – don’t let that get swallowed up by the great chewing complacency.

The cynicism that you have is not your real soul.

You don’t want to spend your life explaining yourself.