Giuseppe Verdi
Opera composer
Modern
influential
83 sayings
Sayings by Giuseppe Verdi
I have always tried to be true to myself, and to my art.
1884
— Letter to Giulio Ricordi
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable
I am a man who believes in simplicity, and in truth.
1877
— Letter to Clara Maffei
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable
I have always been a man who prefers solitude to society.
1887
— Letter to Arnaldo Bonola
Self-Deprecating
Unverifiable