One Does Not Study For A Goal.

The Student Who Deceives Himself Into Thinking That He Is Giving His Life Like An Ascetic In The Spirit Of Sacrifice For Art, Is The Victim Of A Deplorable Species Of Egotism.

Just As The Bird Sings Or The Butterfly Soars, Because It Is His Natural Characteristic, So The Artist Works.

When The Student Has Her Voice Under Complete Control, It Is Safe To Take Up The Lyric Repertoire Of Mendelssohn, Old English Songs, Etc. How Simple And Charming They Are!

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.

We Are Rich In The Quantity Of Songs Rather Than In The Quality. The Singer Has To Go Through Hundreds Of Compositions Before He Finds One That Really Says Something.