Inspiration is an awakening, a quickening of all man's faculties, and it is manifested in all high artistic achievements.
Source: In Talks with Great Composers, by Arthur Abell, 1964.
-- Giacomo Puccini, (Dec 22 1858-1924), Italian composer; He wrote many operas with exotic settings including La Boheme, 1896 and Madame Butterfly, 1904.