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!

Just as the bird sings or the butterfly soars, because it is his natural characteristic, so the artist works.

One does not study for a goal. The goal is a mere accident.

Inspired by the purse rather than the soul, the mercenary side fairly screams in many of the works put out by every day American publishers.

Vocal study before age 20 is likely to be injurious, though some survive it in the hands of very careful and understanding teachers.

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.

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.