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If music in general is an imitation of history, opera in particular is an imitation of human willfulness; it is rooted in the fact that we not only have feelings but insist upon having them at whatever cost to ourselves. . .
Source: The Dyer's Hand, pt. 8, Notes on Music And Opera (1962).
-- W H Auden, (Feb 21 1907-1973), English-US poet, dramatist, editor; He wrote passionately about social problems and post-WW I anxiety; won Pulitzer for verse Age of Anxiety, 1948.