Art is the only thing you cannot punch a button for. You must do it the old-fashioned way. Stay up and really burn the midnight oil. There are no compromises.
Source: In I Dream a World, 1989.
-- Leontyne Price, (Feb 10 1927-____), US opera singer; She was the soprano star in Porgy and Bess, 1952-54; with NY Met since 1960-1985; won Spingarn, 1964.