Lotte Lehmann

“But I felt that I had to go on, that I had a destiny to fulfill. I am a fatalist.”

“Believe me, the secret of reaping the greatest fruitfulness and the greatest enjoyment from life is to live dangerously.”

“Art is a religion. It is a life.”

“The first step to learning is to declare that you don't know.”

“It is not so much what you are that is important, as what you are becoming.”

“When you can no longer be disturbed, all the bugs in the world may bite you and you will not even notice.”

“I know only one thing: that I am a singer. I have to sing.”

“The most important thing for a singer is to have a soul.”

“Technique is the basis of everything. But it must be invisible.”

“You must give everything to your art. And your art will give everything back to you.”

“My whole life has been a gift.”