Creativity Quote by Patti LuPone

LuPone flips “diva” from insult to job description, and the pivot is sly: supernatural, but with natural materials. In a culture that loves to sneer at “diva behavior” while devouring diva-level performances, she’s reclaiming the term as craft plus voltage, not entitlement. The line insists that the real spectacle isn’t tantrums or tabloid aura; it’s alchemy. A human body, a breath, a throat, a tired spine under hot lights - and then, somehow, an arena feels rearranged.

The subtext is also a defense of labor disguised as mystique. Broadway and pop both sell “effortless” as a premium feature, even when it’s purchased through repetition, technique, and pain tolerance. By calling the result “supernatural,” LuPone honors the audience’s sense of wonder while quietly pointing at the grind that produces it. Natural talent alone doesn’t get you there; discipline does. The “natural” is the raw instrument. The “supernatural” is what happens when that instrument is mastered so completely it stops reading as work.

Context matters: LuPone comes from a tradition where singers are expected to be both athlete and actor, hitting precision marks while delivering emotion that looks spontaneous. Her version of diva is less about being above the rules than being so good you expand them. It’s a corrective to a sexist shorthand that punishes ambitious women for the very excellence audiences pay to witness.