If The Student Could Give Up Her

If The Student Could Give Up Her Work On My Advice, She Had Better Give It Up Without It. One Does Not Study For A Goal. The Goal Is A Mere Accident.

The Real Artist Has No Idea That He Is Sacrificing Himself For Art. He Does “what He Does For One Reason And One Reason Only-he Can't Help Doing It”

In The Piano, One Has The Instrument Complete Before He Begins; But In The Case Of The Voice, The Instrument Has To Be Developed By Study.

A Student Will Send Me An Urgent Appeal To Hear Her, Saying She Is Poor And Wants My Advice As To Whether It Is Worth While To Continue Her Studies. I Invariably Refuse Such Requests.

Acquiring A Repertoire In These Days, When The Vocal Literature Is So Immense, So Overwhelming, That The Student With Sense Will Devote All His Energies To Work And Not Imagine Himself A Martyr To Art.