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.

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”

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.

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.

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.

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.